Wind, Rain and Christmas

What can I say, we’re in Wellington and it’s blowing 40-50 knots with rain, ahhhhhh home!!  We had planned to try and sail to the South Island over the weekend but alas, the weather, she no play nice no more.  Other than that, we took 3 days to drive here from Opua, something like a new record for me.  Normally I would drive it in one day.  WE stopped in Auckland the first night and had a great evening with Tony, Helen, Sarah and Jonathon.  We haven’t seen them for nearly 5 years and other than maybe a few more grey hairs, tony looked about the same, Helen looked exactly the same.  The kids on the other hand have grown up.  Sarah enters University next term and Jonathan is into racing bicycles, road and velodrome.  Needless to say, we had lots of catching up to do.  We stopped the second night in Taurangi at a cheap motel.  It rained.  We drove through rain, wind, sun, rain, wind, and sun then got to Wellington.  The weather hasn't been too bad except for the wind, blowing 25-35 in the marina pretty much since we got here.  Had a good meeting with  a recruiter, we’ll see how that plays out in the new year.  Other than that, a quiet week.  Drove around the east side of the harbour and checked out the marina and rates.  If we come to Wellington because of work, we will keep the boat at Seaview Marina in Wellington Harbour.  No bar to contend with and good sailing around the harbour.