Now in Wellington

Hi Everybody,

Last Thursday flew into Auckland,but was invited to Wellington so flew in Saturday.
I like Wellington the Capitol of New Zealand. I recently learned that Maile Wehrheim,JoAnn Yukimura's daughter was attending school here so it has been great spending time with Maile. She is a beautiful girl and her host Rotarian family Mark & Rita Carroll and two sons are very impressed with her. They had Maile and I for dinner last Sunday night. Sunday was a big day. In the morning Maile and her guest(me) was invited by the Rotary to Kapiti Island,a nature conservatory. It rained in the morning when we got on the boat,but cleared up in the afternoon. WOW!!! what a beautiful island. Maile and I climbed up to the very top. It took up a good two hours to go up and another hour and a half going down. But it was all worth it. I loved walking through the lust forrest with many native birds singing and so friendly one came down and sat on the hikers' shoulders. I will admit we often wondered "are we almost there?"

Maile is here on Rotary Ambassador scholarship and has been invited to many clubs and groups to speak about Hawaii. She is also attending classes at Victoria University.

I return to Auckland tomorrow. Maile offered to take me to the airport. How nice of her.
Until next time Aloha.