Zorbing

( some how this post got deleted so thats why it's really late )

When we went zorbing at first we were just driving, then we saw a big zorb rolling down the hill and decided to check it out. We watched a few people and then we decided that it would be fun to zorb now. So me and Amelia decided we wanted to zorb together with water in the zorb. We checked in and then changed our outfits because we didn't want to get wet in them. AFter we got out wrist bands we hopped on to the back of a truck that took us up the hill to the zorbs. When we were at the top there was a short line and a giant pool of water. We watched other people go down a really windy path, and decided we didn't want to do that path, because it was to windy. When it was finally our turn they filled our zorb with water. There was a small hole in the zorb that he told us to dive through head first. When I was in I noticed the water was warm like HOT TUB WATER! When Amelia was in the zipped up the little hole and boom, bam, we were rolling down the hill. It started out nice until all of a sudden I summersaulted forward and my back was facing the whey we came from! Amelia was scared at the sudden jolt and started screaming I'M GONNA DIE AH I'M GONNA DIE. Right as she said this a guy opened the hole up, and took our picture inside the zorb. He told us to slide out feet first, and took our picture again when we were both out of the zorb. Soon we were on our way to the hotel. That was awsome!

Pancake Rock Glaciers and swinging bridge also seals

A few days ago I woke up kinda early and cold. I heard Amelia and Gabe talking, so I asked them if they were cold too. Amelia said it was freezing got her sweat shirt on and asked dad why is it soo cold! Dads reply was.....GO PACK....NOW! Amelia went into her room and packed while I went into dads room and asked WHY IS IT SO SO SO SO SO COLD! This time his reply was I forgot to turn the heater on hight and I didn't make a fire last night. OH OK! waaaa! Mom suggested we hit the rode soon because we had to drive for six hours and went and took her shower. Me and Gabe packed while mom was in the shower and ate breakfast, when mom got out of the shower she was cold, this made her angry and made her REALLY REALLY WANT TO GO......NOW! All of us were in a bad mood EXCEPT ME YAY! So I went and waited in the car untill everyone else joined me. Dad started driving and before long you heard this: BELLE MOVE YOUR FEET YOUR TAKING UP TO MUCH ROOM! MOM TELL BELLE TO MOVE HER FEET! Gabe my feet are two feet away from yours and yet your still complaining! Dad: your ruining the beuty around you all look out the window! I read my book for a while untill we stopped at a cafe and got hot cocoa! Then we got back on the curvy rode~. Soon we got to a parking lot yay I everyone got out of the car while I tied my shoes then we all went inside and saw a huge swinging bridge! Dad sighned us up to walk across the bridge do a 15 minute hike then do a zip line! We walked across the swinging bridge that was at least 100 feet in the air I walked ahead of my dad though so he wouldn't swing it when I was there. Looking straight down was also so so creepy because it would look like you were anout to fall. When we got to the other side of the bridge we went on the short hike that took us by the river that was under the bridge. Here there was a tower we climbed into and then we got strapped in first amelia went then me and Gabe went together. Gabe taped all the way down and took pictures of Amelia while mom took pictures of all of us. The man there strapped us in and then said ready 5,4,3,2,1, blast off and then let us go. I was kinda scared so I only waved 1 time for the camera other then that me hands were on the hand ropes. When we were all done we hopped back in the car and drove to pancake rock! When we got to Pancake Rock we got out of the car, used the restroom, and then started the short path that said Blowholes and Pancake Rocks. A short way through we found at the second look out there were rocks. At first we didn't see the Pancake rock, but then we noticed some rocks looked like stacked up pancakes. The rocks got like that over years and years and years and years and years . Also I can't really explain the blow hole, beacause I was too short to see it! Well I heard it at least. After this we went to the place where we were staying and met the lady. The place was New River Blue Gums I think they calles it that cause the river beside there house was the new river. We got pizza that night too then went to bed.

 This is me feeding a eel

Sunday market, jester, tennis, and playground!

Today we woke up bright and early to go to the Sunday market!  We got dressed I did the dishes, we took showers, and ate breakfast.  After this we all hopped in the car and mom said this:  OK you all get 20 bucks:  It wasn't EXACTLY like this, but close, OK?  When we arrived at the market mom and dad said we can go off on our own and get anything in our money limit.  Me and Amelia walked in circles and we ended up finding 6 bracelets, 1 pair of earrings, and two necklaces.  I gave my necklace to mom, and Amelia gave some earrings to her.  After this we just walked around with mom, dad, and Gabe.  We got kiwi's, licorice, meat, cheese, rasberries, and this other fruit I very much dislike.  After this we started to walk back to the car, on the way we decided to see if we could buy tennis balls we walked until we came to the first sports shop, but they we closed.  When we were back in the car I started reading my book while my dad went into another sport shop to get tennis balls.  On our way home we stopped at the jesters place, in here they had trained eels and a life size chess board.  We ordered food when we got here, then went to feed the eels.  The eels would move up on the rocks for food.  It was really fun.  There were a bunch of big snakes and a few small ones.  After this we went to eat.  Amelia and I got garlic bread with cheese and mom, dad, and Gabe got burgers.  When Gabe and Amelia finished eating they went to play chess.  When they were done we went home.  That was our day.

Wellington Museum

When we first woke up we went to Subway, me and Amelia got French Toast and Gabe got a breakfast sub. After this we went to the Welly Wellington museum ( welly is not a word I made it up! :) ! It was still early when we got there so at first we just walked around the souvenir shop. Amelia got a few things like shiny shells, candy, and earrings! After this we waited outside until it opened. The first exhibit we went to was the force exhibit. Here we got to ride a simulator that made you feel like you were in a earth quake. Also we saw the worlds largest DEAD SQUID! ( ewwww gross ) although it was pretty cool!: AND GUESS WHAT IT WAS A GIRL OH YA! ( JUST KIDDING)! After this we also went outside to look at different kinds of rocks, one of them was similar to Greenstone. When we were done here we also went to ride a ride like thing too! On this they could make you feel like you were motorcycling, swinging on a vine, skateboarding, playing rugby, swimming with dolphins, and bungee jumping! We also saw a exhibit that told about New Zealand. That was our day well bye bye!

Hiking and the Beach

When we first arrived in New Zealand we called a car driver to pick us up.  When we got to where he worked we picked up our car and drove to our house.  We were all tired so we played shoots and Ladders. After this we went to bed thinking we would wake up at like 10:00.  Then guess what when I woke up I wasn't tired anymore but the time was.....4:30 am.  After I am awake I can't fall asleep.  So I sat in bet till 6 o clock.  When I woke up we ate breakfast and then decided to go on a adventure outside.  When we got outside we walked over our yard until we decided to go some where else.  We went down the street and found a small path that would be good to walk on and walked a little ways.  It was very green and it had a lot of bridges and streams to walk over.  When we got back to our place where we were staying we all decided to walk down town.  When we got there we went to a small coffee shop and ate.  After this we walked back and told dad about the trail we had found that led to the beach.  He liked the sound of it and decided we should walk to the beach.  We all got food and stuff and walked down the winding trail untill we got to the beach.  At the beach it was beautiful it had a park ducks and a ton of shells.  All the ducks loved Gabe and they and the minute he took his sandwich he came to him lol!  Me and Amelia kept on getting shells and we played on this big swing made out of straw.  When we went home it was getting dark so we all went to bed!  our first day in New Zealand!