Praising in the Rain
"What happened to our holiday?" Jenny sighed, fighting tears. Cold, soggy tent material swished over her face as we lay in our little tent in the (rainy) Bay of Islands. I frowned into the darkness. Jenny was a diabetic and had health problems to cope with. What was going on with our holiday? Our New Zealand holiday had begun in Auckland - a sunny, blue-skied time. We slept on comfy beds and were treated to wonderful home-cooked meals. As soon as we'd collected our luggage at the airport, we’d established that we could not hitch around the two islands. Our knees buckled as we wobbled across the airport lounge with the heavy metal-framed packs on our backs.We barely made it across the room! So we bought a car – a 1949 bright orange Vauxhall, for a mere $120 between five of us (1976, mind you). Consequently we called it Amazing Gracie. Little did we know how often that car would earn its name! Photo from Pixabay Graci...