What a day!

We’re just now cruising away from a great day in Wellington. The city was fantastic. The highlight by far was a church that was built in the mid 19th century entirely out of wood. As if the church wasn’t cool enough, they had an excellent display about American soldiers that defended the country in World War II. In the current state of affairs, when the USA in not the most popular country in the world, it was really great to hear of a time when we were the good guys. The man that guided us through was alive at the time and he told us great stories about the soldiers and what life was like in those days. That was probably the coolest thing we’ve done in New Zealand.
After we got back to the boat and did a little swimming and eating. I enjoyed a very nice Romeo and Juliet and watched the sun go down over the pacific, with the sun on my skin, and a cool air coming in, and the water crashing below me. The view was spectacular with huge mountains and waves crashing in. I thought to myself, life couldn’t get much better. Maybe in a few weeks it’ll be building stuff with my Dad in his shop. Maybe in a month or two it will be playing poker with buddies in the man room. Maybe in a few years it will be teaching a son how to play football… but just now it really couldn’t get any better.