Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Abandon Ship! Abandon Ship!

Kia Ora Koutou,

The following are some pics from an outing we had here in Wellington Harbour, on 2 Aug 2009. My employer, NZ Police, recently circulated an announcement that the Interislander Ferry was going to run a full-scale Fire/Abandon Ship Emergency Drill and needed volunteers to serve as "disaster victims", though they assured us there would be "no actual abandoning of the ship". Police staff and their families living in the Wellington region were encouraged to volunteer.

In exchange for our cooperation, we would get a free light lunch, refreshments and a cruise around the harbour. Since we have never been on the big ferry, have no plans to ride anytime soon and are so broke we jump at any free lunch, we decided to volunteer. Luckily, our winter weather cooperated giving us mostly sun and calm waters. It lasted most of the day and was great fun.


Hopefully, Eric will post a longer and more elloquent update soon. But I thought I would post these pics to let you know we are still here.


To our family and friends in the US, we love and miss you all! Three cheers to my Mom, who is bravely leaving the US on her first ever international trip - to visit us - at the end of Sept.! Have a safe and wonderful trip Mom!


Love, Linda