Sunday, July 08, 2012
Crysta Parkinson @ Well Worn Suitcase
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| A beautiful, crisp morning for those who chose to get out of bed and enjoy it! |
The morning's plans are for a walk with Grandad Wayne and Jenny in the Redwood Forest. The forest was seeded from the redwoods in California, so it had a very homey and familiar feel, only with different and interesting birds you wouldn't find back home!
The redwood grove was planted in 1901. The largest redwood in Whakarewarewa is approximately 67 meters tall, while it grows to as much as 110 meters in the tree's natural habitat in California. The average lifespan is 600 years, so these New Zealand trees have many, many years of life left in them.
The family set out on a one-hour tram through the woods (there were options from 30 minutes to 8 hours, for the really adventurous sort not toting a two-year-old). It was a nice walk and a beautiful day.
After a peek through the gift shop, where Bria fell in love with a horse swing, we went back to the lake house to pick up the older children who had slept in and missed out on the beautiful morning.
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