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More visitors!
Near the end of March, Auntie Phoebe, Uncle Dave, and my cousin Katy came to visit us as part of their trip around New Zealand. They stayed on board with us for 5 nights. It was their first time on a sailboat, and I thought — how brave of them! They were so easy to… Read more
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Paihia School part 2
I got a phone call on Wednesday morning a few weeks ago, and the woman was from Northland attendance. Imagine being called by the truant officer in another country! She asked, “why has Evi Luz Bailey not been coming to school?” I answered, “Well, I understood that we weren’t allowed, per visa restrictions”. She said,… Read more
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Homeschooling part 2
After Ma left, we got back into a regular home schooling routine. We stayed in the marina for two weeks, and Riki worked hard every day on boat projects, replacing the lower diagonal shrouds, re-bedding cleats and chainplate covers, taking the gooseneck off so it could be adjusted by the riggers, replacing it again, re-running… Read more
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Cruising with Po Po
We spent a week with my mom cruising in the Bay of Islands. We visited Motorohia, Moturua, and Waewaetorea islands. We went for morning skinny dips in clear blue water, hiked around Moturua and saw a new bird (a tomtit), snorkeled, and went paddle boarding. We played mah jong and Wizard cards. We had friends… Read more
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Road trippin’ with Po Po
My mom (aka Po Po, or grandmother on your mother’s side in Cantonese) arrived on January 28th to visit us for 5 weeks! Yay! She brought us 2 full duffel bags full of goodies. We went on a 3 week road trip to the South Island in our old Toyota minivan. The van did great… Read more
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Tomu turns 10!
We drove to Whangarei (one hour drive) on Friday January 26th to celebrate Tomu’s birthday at an indoor trampoline place, then we had a picnic with friends at a park. Read more
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