Leaving =:(

This morning we are leaving Ngaruawahia. That means that we are leaving Chance, Dallas and Martin. Very cute and well behaved kids for being 3, 4 & 5. Actually they are probably better behaved than most kids twice their size. I am going to post a video of Martin and Chance singing a New Zealand song on my facebook. It is soooo....cute. Tear jerker this morning, Dallas asked me if we could bake tonight and I had to tell her that we were leaving. I think that she was okay with it, at least more than I was. I did have both her and Martin help me pat the cookies in their hands when I made the peanut butter ones.
Yesterday Jeff, Jesse, Rebecca ( an English woman that just came to the Derecourts) and I went to thermal hotpools in Waingaro. They were nice and warm and it was fun to sit in the rain in a large spa. They didn't smell to badly of sulfur either. Actually you couldn't even notice the smell, which was great. We then went into Hamilton and ate lunch at a noodle house. Today is the third day of rain and it is starting to get on my nerves. It goes back in forth between a downpour and a heavy rain. Good thing I woke up early and got the car ready to go.
We are heading south a few hours to Erua Lodge. We are going to be helping there in exchange for accomodation and food (same thing we've been up to so far). We looked the place up last night and it looks really interesting. The scenery is supposed to change drastically, which is a wonderful thing as we've felt like it all looks the same so far. All the way from Cape Rienga to Ngaruawahia the scenery is the same. The lodge that we are headed to is advertised as the foremost location to learn backcountry skills on the North island. Should be interesting. Of course, for those of you who don't think that is enough, there is something else. A little thing that some nerds like to call Mt. Doom. Just kidding about the nerds thing I liked The Lord of the Rings trilogy enough. But seriously we are heading to Mt. Doom. I just hope it doesn't live up to its name.
On the way the plan is to stop and visit a Kiwi (bird) sanctuary. Although it is the official bird of NZ we have yet to see one. We've been told that unless we see it dead on the side of the road we probably won't see one. Sounds like we better head to the sanctuary.
Arivaderchi (imagine I am saying it like Brad Pitt in the Inglorious Basterds movie).