Seated on the sofa at 9.30 this morning, Nic and I received the news of our day. 'Nic, come here and read this'. 'Sally and Nic's Amazing Race'. We read the first clue and ran to the silver car and headed out to Springvale Gardens where we had to do some letterbox number addition and then go to a house with our answer and get our next clue. Fortunately it was at our friends house, another birthday girl, from whom we received our next clue on bright yellow paper.
Head towards a road that is related to harvesting, find a big blue building with a map on it and say the name of the continent out loud. Ooops, in typical 'Amazing Race' form we had to take a detour on the way to get more petrol. After finding the Antarctic division of the NY Air National Guard we received our next clue from the 'camera man' in the back seat. Off to the airport to check in for our flight to Queenstown! Excitement extreme. HALT.....fog closed airport in Queenstown. Five hours later we arrived home a tiny bit deflated but still with a buzz of excitement. Yay Jonty for being such a wonderful person. All the work he put into this was amazing. Packed bags, tooth brushes, clues with numbered stickers. Just brilliant. Nic was beside himself with excitement which quickly turned to 6 year old boy boredom after hours in the airport. I must say I was having mild conniptions at the thought of heading away for the weekend with only one pair of shoes and not knowing which clothes I would have to wear, but I decided to go with it. We hemorrhaged more than a few $$$s but it was still an adventure....I think we might have another episode next Saturday. Stay tuned.
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