Today’s rambles. The GPS that we rented with the car is very smart. Not only does it know when you’ve been driving for 2 hours and need a rest (sometimes it reminds you early, so it must also sense you if are tired), it knows when you’re speeding. The GPS beeps when the speed changes but we also noticed it beeping some what randomly, that is until Ed admitted that he went over the speed limit. Can you imagine the constant beeping for the average person driving in Ontario?

Ontario is implementing traffic circles to avoid installing costly traffic lights. Today, as we sat in a 2 km backup at a traffic circle I wondered at the logic. Oh, by the way I saw more sheep than cows today.

Today was mostly a driving day as we need to be in Wellington to catch the ferry bright and early tomorrow morning. Rain was predicted for today but it was mostly cloudy with just sprinkles now and then.

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As we were leaving Ohakune, we looked back and happily saw the mountain. It was cloudy today but with a lot more visibility than yesterday.

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The largest gumboot in the world can be found in Tiahape

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Today's drive took us through some beautiful countryside --- lots of hills and valleys. At one point we even drove beside the ocean.

Another stop was in the town of Bull. Everything was about “bull”.
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This town has a good sense of humour.

We arrived in Wellington and found our hotel without any problems which in retrospect was amazing (or probably due to the GPS). The streets in Wellington go every which way, no rhyme or reason that I could see, plus there are a number of one-way streets.

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Wellington is a very pretty city. Unfortunately, it was foggy .... at least it wasn't raining, so not a lot of photos.

The couple we spoke to at dinner last night told us about an exhibit at The Museum of New Zealand. We didn't have a lot of time to see the museum but we did go through the Gallipoli The Scale of Our War exhibit. New Zealand lost a lot of soldiers at Gallipoli fight Turkish soldiers.

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The exhibit was amazing. These statues were so lifelike. They had pores and hair on their skin.

If you are ever in Wellington, drop by The Museum of New Zealand and make sure you have at least a half a day to spend there.

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While we were looking for a restaurant we found this street of food trucks so we decided to give it a try. We split a Roti and some Indonesian noodles --- both were delicious.