With everything packed the night before, we got up very early on Sunday to start ferrying everyone and everything (including 8 huge suitcases plus 4 backpacks, a duffel bag), and laptop computers to the car ferry. Terry’s first trip took Lucy, Ben the backpacks and several of the suitcases, the next trip included Emily and more suitcases, and the final trip brought everything else. All done in plenty of time! Gayleen’s (our landlady) husband, Don, met us at the ferry terminal in Auckland with his pickup truck and helped us take everything and everyone to their house. We put the suitcases and computers in their (very nice) storage shed and stayed for a nice cup of tea and some cake. Then it was back on the road with just the duffel bag and backpacks. What a relief!
All along our trip, we stayed in family cottage motels. They were very comfortable, usually with one or two separate bedrooms, a small kitchen and a living room – all for $80 - $120 US for 4 people. Many of the motels had a play area for kids outside, often with a trampoline (no law suits allowed in NZ, obviously!) Many of the motels carried a line of sugar packets with funny sayings on them – another example of the kiwi sense of humor.
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