Well, We made it off the farm in one piece, and we're grovin' down the highway at a remarkably slow pace.... Now don't worry, Roxy's doin' fine... we've just had to stop quite often to enjoy all the hot springs in the area. We left the farm on Saturday after a long day of squeezing fresh tangelo juice at the Whitianga farmer's market. With a liter of fresh juice in hand, we went back to Hot Water Beach in hopes of enjoying the hot pools that only come up during low tide. This was our second trip to this beach, and to little avail, once again, the pools didn't fully emerge. ( Though we did have a blast at sunset attempting to fight the oncoming waves by furiously digging for the hot water while building a
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