My dad always says the difference between a vacation and a trip is the kids come with you on a trip. The day after we returned from our "vacation", we picked up the kids from Mama and Pa and set off for a family "trip" to the South Island. We drove down to Wellington, the capital, slept in the car, and caught the ferry to the South Island. Going through the Marlborough Sounds into Picton is gorgeous - lush, steep mountains plunging into the sea. We drove from Picton to Riwaka, where Mark's family first settled in NZ. We came across an old cemetery and found some family names. We went on from there to one of New Zealand's "Great Walks", the Abel Tasman. It is along some beautiful beaches. Then we had a long drive and spent the night in a really remote part of New Zealand called Karamea, which borders my favorite place in New Zealand, the Heaphy Track.
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