Raining

Sunday Septt 19/09
We woke to it raining. At 9:00 the lodge is having a coffee and sizzlers breakfast and meet the tour companies and the other guest. Rain or not we are not just going to set around, so we took off driving. It wasn't far that the rain stopped with some fog and cloud hanging around. The drive took us over to Taumarunui a small town that seems to be in the center of farming and logging. Sheep and dairy is big. On highway 4 we stopped for noon tea and then drove to Raurimei. Here they had to make a spiral cut through the mountain so the train could make the grade. It just so happened a train came along and we could see the different levels it travels. We drove to the National Park and turned on highway 47 and ended up at Mount Ruapehu ski resort. Great views from up here. We had enough for the day so headed for the hotel. Great country. DDT