Karen and Damian Visit

Karen and Damian came to visit yesterday and stayed overnight. Karen hung out with Michael and Chris which meant a bit of walking and a lot of sitting around at either the crag or Hovel #1.
Glenn was available to play with Damian on one condition: he needed someone to look after Patu, the dog he was babysitting. Michael quickly volunteered Karen for the task.
Patu was relatively low maintenance and when Chris took her for a run, she pretty much collapsed for the rest of the evening.
On the first evening, Glenn showed Damian around the Sappi forest roads until serious rain stopped play. The next morning, they went on the grand tour of the entire area which involved 5 or 6 hours of biking. They looked like they both had a good time.

Damian has all the cool toys. We wanted to take a look at a property in the area that is on sale. The access roads have something to do with the bargain price. Damian used the opportunity to do some serious playing with his 4x4. I don't have photos of the return trip but thanks to the pouring rain, the roads turned into class 2 rapids. Karen had her eyes closed a lot of the time but the rest of us had a great time. Glenn makes a fantastic tour guide because he knows most of the land owners and properties thanks to research for right-of-way for mountain bike trails.



Karen and Damian left this evening trying to squeeze some driving time out of the remaining daylight. Chris made our Christmas Eve supper: beef stirfry with rice. It was great and came with some other side goodies like olives, pickles, beetroot, etc.