Last day in New Zealand

Tues Sept 22/09
We have to leave Turangi and start back to Auckland. We have lots of time so will sight see as much on the way as we can. We are going up the west side of the country. We will not go right to the west coast. We drove through the Pieriora Forest Park then up and over to Waitomo Caves. We sat at a camp table to eat and decided that the caves wasn't something we wanted to do and the time could be used to see more country.We drove up highway 39 got onto the state highway # 1 freeway. Tom did a fine job of getting us back to the front door of our Hotel without a single problem. Believe me it was nice to walk into our room and not have to drive anymore. I'm happy we are safely back. Lots to talk about and tell you about the country. DDT