Kaiteriteri Evening

Our first full day at Kaiteriteri and it rained. I woke during the night to hear the rain drumming on the caravan roof.
Margaret and Emily were sleeping out in the caravan awning. I sneaked through there to get umbrellas out of the car boot. The camp looked very miserable and sodden in the early light. I felt sorry for those tenting. Luckily the rain stopped in the late morning and by the time we got in the car and headed into Motueka the sun was shining and the day became quite warm.
Motueka is the nearest biggish town to Kaiteriteri and is very busy at this time of the year. Once we had done a little shopping there we headed to Tasman, a small settlement a few kilometres away. There is a famous Café there called the Jester House. It has won many awards. The food is glorious and the service second to none. The grounds are extensive and full of treasures and exciting structures for children to play on. There are tame eels in the stream in the grounds. Folk can buy small amounts of raw minced meat to feed the eels. Emily, who loves animals, had no fear at all for the eels and some of them were huge. She spent quite a bit of time kneeling down beside the stream and stroking the eels. She had her favourite smaller eel.
Once back at the camp we spent more time unpacking more gear and finding places to stow stuff.
We walked down to the beach front shop in the late evening and bought soft serve ice-creams. I ate mine on the beach and while there captured some images of the evening sky. A friend told us it was pouring with rain in Richmond and Nelson city. I hope the rain stays away from here in Kaiteriteri for now!