For about a year I've wanted to go check out Napier in Hawke's Bay. I thought it would be fun to visit that region for my birthday.... last year. But I was 7 months pregnant and really didn't want to sit in a car for 4 hours! So we put it off for a year.
We decided to do a combined birthdays/anniversary event and booked an AirBnB for a couple nights as a summertime family getaway over my birthday weekend.
We stayed in a no-nonsense, family-friendly farm cottage outside of town (but there was a park with a swingset and flying fox 3 minutes drive down the road, so THAT was cool!). There were sheep in the paddock, an orchard full of fruit, a cement pad for balance-bike practice, a gate to open and close at the end of the driveway, and a big front porch for watching the golden grass blow in the wind.
We had a great weekend - bike riding among vineyards, hiking to a towering waterfall, exploring the "Art Deco" city of Napier, attending a vibrant Farmer's Market, and even some on-the-road fun like watching a helicopter put out a forest fire on the way and stopping for a dip in Lake Taupo on the way home.
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