Today we finally got to go over to the west coast of the north island of New Zealand. The town of Raglan is supposed to have some of the best surfing in the country but the waves weren't very big today. Here's our views from the cliffs above:

Plenty of people out trying to surf but just not enough water propulsion.
Before our drive to the coast, we went into Hamilton to try to find the International Food store. We'd found the address online and it looked huge but we kept driving back and forth on the same road till Elder O'Neal noticed a small sign that said "American Candy". Following the arrows, we did find a tiny, one room store at the back of a huge warehouse, with some American food such as the Costco size bag of M&M's for $38.00! We'd actually gone looking for graham crackers which they do not have in stores here. In there, we found 3 boxes of the cinnamon kind for only $2 a box. We didn't even look for the expiration date, we just bought all three. We're so silly, but we both really like graham crackers!
After that purchase, we both found a place to get hair cuts. In the midst of that, the lady cutting my hair, who was VERY talkative, told us that she had cousins living up near Whitianga. We then discovered that her cousins are some people on our inactive list that we've been trying to catch at home for weeks. I'm sure talking to her was no coincidence. Now when we find them home, we can tell them we know their cousin, Sandra!  What a great day its been.