Well I slept through the night, first time this whole week and this whole year. Dad and my sister just went out for a swim in the sea but it’s a bit cold for me being 8am and all well actually I haven’t been in the sea this whole trip and we have only stayed along the coast the beach just isn’t my scene its sandy and cold and wet and your not supposed to wear sneakers but I do because it hurts my ankles and my hips and my back not so yea the beach just isn’t my thing to walk along in sneakers and take pictures sure but as soon as we are sitting on the beach all day and going swimming no thanks.
I’m excited to move on today we have wifi and power here but apart from that I have been and I have seen and I’m ready to leave its kinda silly when you can’t wait for the three hour long drive ahead of you but that is the case, gonna stop off and see some friends on the way maybe stop in some places my sister and I haven’t seen we shall see and we shall also see where we park up for the night, hopefully there is power and since we’re hoping for power some internet would be nice too.
Driving was good once we emptied the grey water tank ugh it smelled like Sulphur and the parents didn’t believe it was coming from inside the camper so my sister and I were stuck suffering in the back for a solid 30mins until they realized and then we drove to the nearest public empty. After that the drive was good stopped in Wanganui for lunch then proceeded to be library patrons so we could use their toilet before getting back on the road to head to Otaki which was incredibly slow the traffic has gotten to much for the small towns it goes through. We stopped in Otaki to see family friends many laughs where had and I made friends with a dog, we showed them around our campervan, I though 4 was a squish make it 7 and wow, then carried on until we got here to Paekakariki (don’t go thinking I can spell these names off the top of my head I’m using the map book Maori place names are hard to say let alone spell).
We are stopped at some kinda uptight campground but it’s nice not too many people but enough that people watching is still interesting enough, we went for a stroll along the beach and almost made it to the next beach town over Paraparaumu but we turned around and walked back before we got there, I’ve been around the Kapati coast plenty so it’s not new but every time I come back I appreciate it more and more (I was born down here).
That was about my day, I was having a rough time last night with anxiety well I still am but didn’t write this until the next day. I feel as though I should always be positive when I’m writing about my day because I’m lucky to be in the position that I’m in having this opportunity and the bad things don’t matter and its true in the scheme of things they don’t but then this wouldn’t be truly my day to day. So last night I was frustrated and upset and that’s okay I’m okay with that its hard living this close to my family not being able to escape and be myself and I’m also really scared about going to jamboree but that’s okay I’m allowed to be having a hard time as long as I’m not letting it ruin everything by dwelling on it and I’m not because every day is a new day with a new adventure to be had.
Zoe
Link to Imgur Album: Road Trip.....Kinda, Day Four 03/01/2018 Opunake to Paekakariki
I’m excited to move on today we have wifi and power here but apart from that I have been and I have seen and I’m ready to leave its kinda silly when you can’t wait for the three hour long drive ahead of you but that is the case, gonna stop off and see some friends on the way maybe stop in some places my sister and I haven’t seen we shall see and we shall also see where we park up for the night, hopefully there is power and since we’re hoping for power some internet would be nice too.
Driving was good once we emptied the grey water tank ugh it smelled like Sulphur and the parents didn’t believe it was coming from inside the camper so my sister and I were stuck suffering in the back for a solid 30mins until they realized and then we drove to the nearest public empty. After that the drive was good stopped in Wanganui for lunch then proceeded to be library patrons so we could use their toilet before getting back on the road to head to Otaki which was incredibly slow the traffic has gotten to much for the small towns it goes through. We stopped in Otaki to see family friends many laughs where had and I made friends with a dog, we showed them around our campervan, I though 4 was a squish make it 7 and wow, then carried on until we got here to Paekakariki (don’t go thinking I can spell these names off the top of my head I’m using the map book Maori place names are hard to say let alone spell).
We are stopped at some kinda uptight campground but it’s nice not too many people but enough that people watching is still interesting enough, we went for a stroll along the beach and almost made it to the next beach town over Paraparaumu but we turned around and walked back before we got there, I’ve been around the Kapati coast plenty so it’s not new but every time I come back I appreciate it more and more (I was born down here).
That was about my day, I was having a rough time last night with anxiety well I still am but didn’t write this until the next day. I feel as though I should always be positive when I’m writing about my day because I’m lucky to be in the position that I’m in having this opportunity and the bad things don’t matter and its true in the scheme of things they don’t but then this wouldn’t be truly my day to day. So last night I was frustrated and upset and that’s okay I’m okay with that its hard living this close to my family not being able to escape and be myself and I’m also really scared about going to jamboree but that’s okay I’m allowed to be having a hard time as long as I’m not letting it ruin everything by dwelling on it and I’m not because every day is a new day with a new adventure to be had.
Zoe
Link to Imgur Album: Road Trip.....Kinda, Day Four 03/01/2018 Opunake to Paekakariki
