With Grandad Ron and Mia following in their abbreviated campervan, we headed North to volcano country in the center of the north island. Not far from Palmy, the north island’s highest mountain and largest active volcano, Mount Ruapehu, came into sight, punctuating the farmland.
We stopped for burgers at the aptly named Aeroplane Café in Mangaweka. To Sawyer’s dismay, the DC-3 parked outside was closed for maintenance.
We also stopped several times to take pictures of the beautiful landscape. Sheep, cows, grassy hills, steep valleys, mountains, endless horizon… “Can you believe we’re in New Zealand!” I said to Hillery.
We stopped for the night at the Ohakune Top Ten Holiday Park. Ohakune is a little ski town south of Mount Ruapehu. The town was pretty quiet: past the summer holiday season and before the winter ski season. We took the two campsites next to the playground. The kids bounced so long on the trampoline I was afraid their retinas might detach.
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