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Published: February 15th 2009
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us with the Mt. Damper Falls sign! Hi!!! So I have some pictures from our weekend! Friday night I cooked Mark a yummy steak dinner and it turned out really well actually!!! It was the first time that I have actually cooked STEAK! Crazy eh?!?! It was so yummy with mushrooms and onion, roasted potatoes and corn on the cob! Then Saturday we got up and started packing for camping!! Oh wait, I made mark breakfast in bed (awwww) for Valentines day! And we weren't suppose to get each other gifts just a nice dinner the night before and then camping! But he was tricky and his mom had sent me home with something for his sister Steph which turned out to be his gift for me lol sneaky! So i brought home my own v-day present! A nice red cross necklace and this cute red shoe door stop! I love it! so we didn't get away too early, had to stop in town and buy a tent and air mattress etc and we took a scenic drive to Mokau. We stopped and drove to Mt. Damper Falls on the way and also stopped at the three sisters but the tide was too high. The three sisters are
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Mt. Damper Falls three rock points in the ocean but you can walk around the bay when the tide is low and go in some of the caves etc. We got to the campsite that Mark had planned on us staying at - it was so cute, right on the beach!!!! But after he paid etc the lady said she would come down later and get the number of the site that we picked and Mark mentioned that we had a small dog - WELL we were not allowed to camp there with a dog! Even though we were in a tent! They were in the middle of taking over the business and the old owners did not allow any dogs but the lady felt so bad cause she knows a lot of ppl travel with dogs and pets and they are going to change that rule once they finally take over or something but we couldn't stay there 😞 So we went down the road to this tiny little camp area and set up tent - real tiny camp site lol we were pretty close to the road too but it was ok! After we set up and had a drink we
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Kobi and Mt. Damper Falls drove down to the beach....we were the only ones there and it was sooo beautiful! What an incredible spot! The sunset was incredible and we ended up having a camp fire right there on the beach! The campsites usually have a kitchen facility but you cannot have fires? They are different than back home....just grassy areas - not at all like Algonquin park or anything.....so anyway! We had a campfire and roasted our hot dogs and had red wine - the we had bought at Mudbrick back on Waihiki Island! It was one of the nicest places to spend Valentines Day I think! This older couple were out walking the beach and stopped and thought it was just so cute! They were like "Awww this is your valentines day celebration?!?!" haha and Kobi was great through the whole thing! He loves to dig at the beach! And he chased these dandilion fluffs all the way to the other end of the beach! He had a great time! The stars were amazing too! Just a wonderful night! We headed back and had a great nights sleep in our new tent! Kobi snuggled up with me all night until about 6 am
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Us at the falls when this dog started barking in the distance! Well he just jumped away from me and crawled right up on Mark's pillow and was all in his face lol! He obviously didn't think I could protect him! He is not much of a guard dog I guess haha! On our way home today we stopped at the three sisters cause the tide was low enough! Man we had to walk through some real fun squishy mud to get out to the other end of the bay!!!! Mark took some great pics! So hope you like them! I did do a video of the house but it wasn't uploaded the other day...I will try again tomorrow - it usually works best on a Monday morning! Maybe the network is not so busy? Who knows!
Also Happy Birthday Lindsay, Spice and also to my Nana who all recently had bdays!!
Calgary girls, your package is almost done and in the mail! Mag's I hope you are having fun with Craig!!!
Enjoy the pics!
xxoo love An
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Bigg John
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Beautiful Photos
Amazing. A belated Valentines Day!