We are one third of the way through our contract here and have made contact with fellow American sojourners and done our first bit of entertaining this past week. We shared the river walk, Victoria Esplanade and the rose garden there with Sharon Tang. Remembered/realized that she is now the age we were when she came to live with us and our 4 children (wow).
Then we went to Wanganui River National Park, driving for many kilometers or kilometres (depending on your accent) then jet boating for about an hour, then hiking --- all to get to "The Bridge to Nowhere." We were there. The bridge was built in the late 1930's as the population was declining; but informed politicians knew if they built the bridge people would return --- and now many tourists do go. And there is no longer a road to the bridge, just a hiking trail.
Our mascot, guide leader on the front of the boat was Tui, a Jack Russell Terrier who road on the boats and hiked about 2 hours with us - quite the creature. Reminding us of creatures at a distance ----
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