With dismay we woke to rain. Lots of rain. But to our delight,
the rain stopped by the time we’d been to church services and had breakfast. We
were ready to go off and explore.
Having been to Tauranga twice before, we
decided to explore the Mount Maunganui area instead and we were up for a good
walk. The gatekeeper at the port entrance suggested two routes, one through
town to get to the mountain and the other along the harbor. We chose to check
out the town on our way to the mountain.
It was a nice little town full of all sorts of shops and
places to eat some of which were open for early breakfast diners. Our route
took us through some residential area and past some large condo buildings that
we suspected were vacation rentals. That was confirmed later when we met two
Canadians from Toronto who were toughing out their winter by staying here
through February.
While it wasn’t very hot, it was humid and with our exercise
we were both a bit damp and sweaty. We opted to return to the ship, shower, eat
again, and then return to town to check out some of the shops. Our return route
took us along the harbor boardwalk and past the triathlon participants who were
receiving their rewards.
Back on the ship we tried to rest up a bit. We were set to
have a grand celebration of Crystal’s 25th Anniversary. It would
happen at a special place that evening and it would be “precious.”
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