It looked like it was going to be a good weekend for a caravan rally. The blue sky sported a few puffy white clouds and the sunshine was glinting on the sea. We could see a rather hazy looking Kapiti Island away in the distance. State Highway One hugs the coast as we drove up through the Kapiti region.
Looking towards Paekakariki
Our first stop was at Waikanae to have lunch with Robin’s Mum, and pick up a little shopping for her. She was interested to hear about our trip down south, especially the West Coast, and reminded Robin that she and his Dad had their honeymoon trip in this area many moons ago. And she hasn’t been back since! No doubt things have changed a lot since then.
The days of hooking up our caravan after a long day at work, driving for a couple of hours, then getting to the camp in the dark are long gone, thank goodness. Now we are retired there is no reason not to start travelling a day or two early for a caravan rally – just because we can! We parked up overnight at the rural property belonging to our friends Geoff and Eileen. Readers of our blog will remember that Geoff and Eileen joined us for the first few weeks of our South Island Odyssey trip before returning home to go back to work.
Over-nighting in rural surroundings
As the sun dropped below the horizon, we were treated to a wonderful glowing sunset. “Red sky at night, shepherds delight”, so the saying goes, and augers well for a good day tomorrow. Out came the cameras to get a few snaps.
Rural Otaki sunset
And just look at this – the sunset reflected in the caravan windows! Never seen that before.
Reflection in the windows
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