Day 22: July 25 - Dinner at Donna & Glenn's, Nick Toa's carving demo 
After spending half the day in the computer lab, we welcomed the pleasant drive to Donna and Glenn's home in the middle of farm land. At their home we met stone carver and artist Nick Toa, and his family. We also took a hike through the surrounding landscape, and many, many photos.
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transpixel We await the opening of an electrified fence so we can begin a walk through the landscape surrounding the Willard's home. transpixel
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Donna & Glenn's view of Mount Taranaki.
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The orange flower you see is called a "Hot Poker."
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We await the opening of an electrified fence so we can begin a walk through the landscape surrounding the Willard's home.
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Glenn & Donna's home. They've built an observatory deck and installed a telescope.
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We're heading down to this river.
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These towering ferns are THE symbol of New Zealand.
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It was actually hard to take a bad photo.
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Maria by the river.
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Interesting soil texture. There's a lot of pumice here created by the volcano.
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Okay, now I don't want to go home. This is the area where the shire sequences were shot in "The Lord of the Rings" films.
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