Well at long last we are on our way for our 2 month adventure around the world. We write this entry from our hotel, Carriage House, in Las Vegas after the obligatory huge travel day to get here. We left Waipukurau at 4pm on Wednesday 28th and were transported to Napier by a friend (Thanks JC) and flew Napier to Auckland where we met up with Bruce's family at the international terminal. They were all there and there was some food eaten, some diet coke consumed and a lot of friendly banter tossed around. We went through to the international departure lounge around 9pm and got to the boarding area after Joy was singled out twice at various steps of the security process for further attention, her bags were swabbed for explosives. (Joy the terrorist!!!!) We
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