The end of the golden weather

PopPop wanted to get away for a weekend on Uncle P's boat and EV and Mama and Dada were invited! Its Ev's first time away on a boat so it was very exciting, and a good way to be distracted from missing Granny and Papa who had just left.

 It was a beautiful Friday as we left Auckland City behind. Ev was a bit wary of the boat at first but after half an hour she was into it and was happy to wander through the cabins.

 We stopped near Rakino Is for a fish, but didn't catch anything (had loads of bites though). Then we went and picked Dada up from Waiheke.

 Later on Neenee arrived with Uncle Daz and Neenee gave EV her first fishing rod (a pink one of course) and they had a little practice while the sun went down.

Later that night we heard about the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami warning! Dada and I woke up early the next morning to see if the tsunami warning was still on, and we decided to go out to the open sea rather than being in the bay. We had a nice breakfast floating around off Waiheke waiting to see if anything would happen wave wise. Luckily it didn't so we decided to head to Garden Cove for a swim and a play on the rope swings.

Uncle Daz joined us too and EV was learning how to use the whistle on her life jacket.

After that we headed to the bottom of Waiheke to Rotoroa Is for some scallops and to anchor for the night.

 EV fell asleep on the way there, and when we arrived we all went for a swim. Perfect!

Eventually Uncle Daz turned up with some snapper for dinner. EV and Dada watched PopPop fillet the fish while the sun went down behind Waiheke.

I think this weekend was a perfect way to end the summer.