View of Craggy Range Winery and the Tukituki River from the top of Te Mata Peak

After a short walk in Napier, we drove south and had lunch at the Black Barn Bistro.  Food and setting was like Napa.  As you can see, I switched my drink to sparkling feijoa, but I do miss lack of artificial sweeteners for my tea.  Had a delicious friand for dessert.  The winery has an amphitheatre that hosts outdoor events during the summer.  We then tasted wine at Craggy Range.  There are 35+ wineries in the area.  Lee, we stayed at a lovely B&B in Havelock North.  After a drive up to Te Mata Peak, we spent the evening with Jody and Matthew.  Jody and Matthew now live in Haumoana after emmigrating from Albuquerque last November.  Jody is an oncologist and is employed by the same DHB (District Health Board) as Rich; she works at the hospital in Hastings, but drives to PN 2x/month for meetings.  Sunday, we went to Cape Kidnappers.  Ethan, Caroline, and Nathaniel - do you know the story of James Cook and the boy that was "kidnapped"?  The area here has the world's largest mainland gannet colony.  We didn't see thousands of birdslike you do in the early part of the year since the chicks migrate to Australia, and all the birds are gone by May.  We did see a lot of interesting things and learned a lot of geology.  Check out the last picture, a short video capturing a chick feeding.  Dennis and Lee and any other golfers, check out the Cape Kidnappers golf course on line.  For all the weekend pictures - 
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Schreibers - look at the pics from the cruise; there is a picture of Marta, Maureen and me on that peak.  The tractor trailer trip left from next door to where we saw the sheep shearing and herding.  Winery tour was this area as well.