Inevitably I didn’t work that weekend. Being as sick as I was, I spent the weekend in bed, Netflix and chill. I managed to haul myself out of bed to halfheartedly perform our magic show then snuggled back down. Saturday night sick or not I would go bowling and that’s exactly what I did. Sore throat n’all I bowled through two rounds with my awesome team; Yani. Terene, Kio, Jason and Cody. That night I consumed a lot of ginger beer to sooth my throat and keep me going, but I did it! I went bowling with the Gypsy’s.
Monday Dad took all the Gypsy kids to the Te Manawa museum. It’s one of my favorite museum’s in New Zealand, mainly because of the awesome kids area and all of the interactive games and exhibit’s. We spent a couple of hours there, then Simone took Lettie and I to the massive op shop across the road. Heaven on earth!
We parted ways with the Gypsy’s and made for Rangipo dam off the Desert road, literally in the middle of nowhere. Tuesday we schooled, trained our show and explored the dam. The sound of a colossal jet of water piped down from another dam miles away accompanied our stay there.
In the afternoon we sped to the hot pools at Tokaanu, only to find them closed due to a pump being fixed. Luckily our savior came in the form of the Oasis camp ground just down the road where they have hot pools and a ping pong table.
The next day we soaked as long as we could then moved along to the lake Taupo waterfront park up spot. After schooling I spent the afternoon baking apple pies and meringues for desert that night. We spent the rest of the night happily watching Harry potter one.
Thursday more schooling then we biked into the wind the whole way to a really cute waterside cafe/restaurant for some lunch in the form of Pizza!
We biked home (tail wind), then hopped excitedly into the car and headed for De Brett’s the biggest and fanciest pool complex in Taupo. We spent five joyful hours soaking in the hot pools and racing down the awesome hydro slides. Stumbling out of the pools late at night we drove home to bed and a good nights sleep.
I love hot pool weeks. This one was especially lovely! Tomorrow setup, this weekend Taupo. Bye!