It was nice in Napier (no rain), worthy of a last walk downtown to the Sunrise coffee shop for tea, coffee and a shared almond butterscotch muffin. Then we plotted the course for Hamilton after a stop to fill the tank. We are seeing gas here for $2.50 per liter which equates to about $5.50 USD per gallon. But the Prius C (Aqua down here) gets 50-55 mpg so it's not too expensive.
We downloaded “The Hobbit” as an audio and played it today since we are in Hobbitland. Maybe we will watch it on the plane tomorrow?
We stopped part way and had coffee and tea and pies for lunch.
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| Goodbye Flat Whites.. |
Deb found a museum in Hamilton (Classics Museum) which has some beautifully restored trucks, motorcycles, scooters, toys, garage stuff, you name it. Obviously someone spent endless money and time restoring these old cars and trucks. A little hurt by them restoring a 1972 Datsun B110, but I guess I gotta deal with that.
We had a little time so we went to the Hamilton Zoo, which was very high quality. Lots of exotic animals that are very well kept. We heard the new polite term for being old enough to get a discount. It’s called “Premium Youth Pass”. The guy taking the money was very funny. And you bet we took the discount!!
After the zoo we found the hotel (Hamilton Motel) and checked in and then walked a little down the street to The Helm Bar and Kitchen which was great. After dinner we looked in the local Pak & Save store (mini Costco) to find some local chocolate assortments but no luck. We tried another corner store but no luck there. Maybe tomorrow.
Back to the room where we are getting everything packed for tomorrow where we hope to drop off the car, get a shuttle to the airport to check our bags, then get an Uber into town to catch a museum. Stay tuned..
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