Thursday, January 8, 2009

Piha
















This morning Mark took Emma to the professional women's tennis tournament that is going on in Auckland now. They got to see Elena Dementieva play (#4 world ranking).
After that, we went to one of Mark's favorite places on earth. That honor belongs to Piha, a rugged surf beach on the West Coast of Auckland. It is about an hour away, but totally worth it. It is right on the edge of a mountain range with steep, lush hills surrounding it. The beach is covered with fine, black sand. It has big surf and ferocious rips. It is a fantastic place. Julie and Buster went with us and Buzzy was tearing it up on the boogie board. It was another great day.

3 comments:

Angela Hutton said...

JEALOUS! Looks like a fabulous time to me! :)

April said...

I LOVE Piha Beach!! If there is one place in the world that I could go to share with Jared, I would take him there. I made sure to go there on both of my trips to NZ! I am glad to see your family having such a wonderful time there.

Burke Family said...

I don't know what is more beautiful,Piha beach or the Long family. Awesome pictures!!!