Visit to the Mount

In NZ, everyone knows what you mean when you talk about the Mount. Mt Maunganui of course. It's a little mountain near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region, with a very nice beach. I decided to take the kids there while Mel blobbed at home today. The drive there is reaonably straight (Mom, I think you would survive it!), although Joanna was a little whingy. We got there in time for morning tea and enjoyed sitting on the grass, having an Easter egg, among other things.
After that, we got changed into our swimmers and headed down onto the sand to play. Ben had lots of fun playing in the sand, and then "skiing" in the water. I had a quick swim as well - it was warm enough in the sun, even though the temperature only got to 21C today.
Fish and chips for lunch was followed by the drive home... I would have liked to spend the rest of the day there though - it's a really nice place.