Leaving Auckland

The time has come and all good things must end. I'm sure some of you had heard that Mike has returned to the states and Sundance was sold and I will be returning home soon. We tried to extend our leaves and were denied so back to work we go. Sundance was sold to a Kiwi(James) that was our neighbor in the marina. James has made some improvements to Sundance and will get her ready for the next cruising season. Sundance was a great boat to us and we will never forget her. James has the same ideas as Mike and I had and so in the near future Sundance will see the open ocean again and will carry her precious cargo safely to many more distant ports.

I have spent the last few weeks visiting friends and getting ready for my return to the land of plenty (United States). New Zealand has so many beautiful places to see and explore. I highly recommend a visit from anyone that has ever wanted to visit this country. I have two more weeks and then I will head to Sydney Australia for a week and then head home. Being home will be a shock for I have become accustom to a different lifestyle and surroundings. I will have to relearn how to drive on the right hand side of the road and all of the craziness of driving in the states. The first meal I will have will be a spicy Mexican dish. Good food is hard to come by in New Zealand. The food is very bland. Once settled in I will work on a photo album to put on DVD for any one who would like to see all of our pictures. Anyone interested in a DVD please email me, and I will send out a DVD when I have completed the photo album.

We would like to thank everyone for following along this last year and for all of the great support. Our original plan was to be out for two years but plans do change and we were blessed to go as far as we did in the last year. The places we have seen and the incredible people we have met will be remembered forever. Thanks again Carson and Mike