Hanging out at Cable Bay, New Zealand and sailing in Whangaroa

Hello friends,
Kim and I wanted to spend a relaxing day at the beach so we went to Cable Bay.  Due to the cyclones, the waves were over 10 feet high so we couldn't get into the water.

our friend's orchard and vegetable garden

A local fisherman caught this blue marlin

Hanging out at the pub

View from Natalie's house

Natalie's new home

Our sailboat

Fishing for the first time....

Hello friends,
New Zealanders love to eat what they catch!!  Most of the food that I ate there was fresh fish that we caught the same day and fruit and vegetables that we picked from our own gardens.

We woke up early that morning to fish near our house.

Our local friend Twink, took us out on his boat.

I caught my very first fish!  This red snapper was also the first fish caught for the day! 

Kim's mom about to cut the head off.

Kim is struggling here!  She caught a huge one and he's fighting her the whole way!

She caught about three kahawai that day!  This was the biggest one!

This fish got bitten by a shark while we were trying to pull him in.

We had the red snapper and the kahawai that we caught for lunch that day! 

Kim's mom a.k.a. "the butcher"