Sorry about the long break between entries, but I was literally living in a barn for the last 2 weeks. We drove to Coromandel, stopping overnight in Taupo where we soaked in some natural pools. We stayed near Port Charles (pop. 79) in the far northern part of Coromandel. Now, technically, we stayed in a “wool shed” (where they sheared sheep a week earlier), but to me, anything that has had animals in it constitutes a barn. There was a wall dividing the sheep area from the living area at least. It did have electricity and indoor plumbing, but the water heater was broken most of the time and the water looked like milk when it came out of the tap. It rained everyday and night from Wed-Sun. We had Sunday off so we drove into
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