Live, from the state supreme court of New York!
Sorry we couldn't be there when Lauren was sworn in to the Bar this AM,
but glad that Mike was there to represent the family.
Lauren is now officially an esquire.
Here is the link to our weekend pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/115133267095590644390/Taranaki?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Not in the mood to write too much this time, but I'll give a brief summary.
It's been raining for 2 days, and I got an unsettling e-mail related to my Pres office.  Doesn't sound like my practice will be waiting for me when I get back to Alb.

We postponed the river ride and went through Wanganui to Hawera where we climbed up the water tower.  Drove along Surf Highway 45 (look on the map) up to New Plymouth.  Enjoyed rolling hills, but saw fewer sheep; lots of cows.  Took Chaddy's charter around the Sugar Loaf Islands.  Look closely on the rocks to see a few seals.  Caught a salmon that we would have taken home if we had an ice chest for the next day's car ride.  Enjoyed a little of the award winning coastal walkway.  Look at our pic in front of the Te Rewa Rewa Bridge.  Had lamb shank for dinner (feel I should try lamb at least once or twice while I'm here).  Sunday, we enjoyed Tupare, one of the local gardens, and drove into the National Park to have no visibility.  Had lunch in Stratford; saw the clock tower, but we weren't there to see Romeo and Juliet come out of the glockenspiel.  Then went to Nigel Ogle's Tawhiti Museum (no time for Traders & Whalers).  Between the Puke Ariki museum at the New Plymouth i-site, and this one, we learned a lot about NZ and Maori history.  Interesting to think about the land wars here going on around the time of the US Civil War.
Road signs: slippery when frosty; merge like a zipper; sealed roads (vs paved)
Lauren, I did make a dog friend, who said "bet your kids aren't keen on your shifting here".
The fair-weathered American didn't go to dog club last night because of rain.