The excitement begins...

The morning started slowly as we lazily got ourselves up. This was quickly followed by frantic activity to get clothes and sheets washed and bags packed. 
While Jane went to the Laundromat, Logan drove me for a coffee and to his restricted driving test. (I'll let him write about that.) 
After this, there was more packing and cleaning to do - which most of us got stuck into. (We did have a few motivational issues, but fortunately got there in the end.)
I'm looking forward to our tidy house when we get home! 
We'd done a pretty good job of eating all of the food in the fridge. There were just a few extra bits of fresh fruit to finish off. 
The car was packed up and everything closed and locked up. 
The weather was atrocious and really started bucketing down as we drove to the Airport. I was very happy that the rain had subsided by the time we had to take our bags out in the uncovered parking area. This will be home for the Dodge for the next few weeks. 
Checking in our bags was seamless, so we went straight for the food court. Ugly Bagels were eaten, as were sundaes and fries, and some poor timing from one individual meant for some scoffing in the security line.
All the rush was for nothing because our flight was delayed anyway. The flight itself was uneventful and before long we were in Christchurch trying to pick up our hire car. This was made far more complicated by the large group in front of us, who had some kind of issue, and the poor man in the elf costume behind the counter had obviously had a long day. Nevertheless, we made it to our Mazda CX5 and were soon unpacking at our nearby accommodation. 
Pizza was delivered near midnight for dinner and it was a very comfortable night's stay. This is going to be fun!



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