Recap of Day 6, part 1

Mike's 6th day here was very eventful. We covered a lot of terrain and took a TON of photos.
This post shows our daytime activities, where the next post will cover what we did once we got to Rotorua.

We had an early rise and got a very handy lift to the railway station from Steven in order to catch our 8:00am bus to Rotorua via Taupo.

sunrise from my front porch

us on the bus (note the sleepy eyes)

view of Kapiti Island from the bus

first of MANY sheep we encountered on our trip

video from our seats on the bus:

our bus at one of our pitstops in Flat Hills -- home of Regan the black and white lamb

me in Flat Hills

emu in Flat Hills!

Ladies and Gentleman, I present Regan the black and white lamb. And one of the most excrutiatingly affectionate sheep you'll ever encounter. You can even feel where his little horns are beginning to grow!

Regan

video of Regan and his rooster friends

first view of Mt Ruapehu (aka Mordor from LOTR) from our bus

Our AMAZING bus driver (one of the nicest I've ever met) decided that the weather was too beautiful to miss the photo op, so he pulled over for us to get out and get snap-happy.

Mt Ruapehu (where I'm going skiing this weekend!)

Mt. Ngauruhoe, aka Mount Doom

me and Mt. Ngauruhoe

Mike and Mt Ruapehu

Ummm

Uhhh

Ah well...

Stay tuned for the next post, which will have lots of photos and videos from out Tamaki Maori Village Tour in Rotorua...