Its a mountain! And its awesome! There used to be a huge tree at the top, but in the 70's or 80's a maori activist cut it down. More on that later, I think we have an upcoming lesson on it.
I hiked up to the top with Lara, Lauren M. and Melissa last Saturday. We met the rest of the crew up there, but then the four of us split off to chase some sheep for a while. Every mama sheep always has two baby lambs, which is perfect if you are keen on lamb chasing. Lara and I are going to catch a lamb, or at least pet one, by the end of the trip. Unless we get attacked by a mother sheep, which many attempts have been made.
While we were at the top of the mountain, looking down at one of the terraced areas, we saw these boys being chased/ chasing an odd looking animal. The more we looked, we couldn't tell whether the animal was a monkey or a cat or what. Obviously the logical thing was to run, full speed, down the terraced hill, and find out. It turned out to be the coolest cat ever and despite my allergies, we cuddled. Then we went home. It was a grand ol' time.
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Mama sheep and twin baby lambs, as per usual |
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Controversial obelisk memorial at the top of One Tree Hill |
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Terracing found on the mountain. Each step is about 3 to 4 meters tall |
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Old volcanic rock becoming soil (Makes me miss Lansing...) |
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Another mama and her two babies
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View from another part of the mountain, looking at obelisk
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Bottom of the hill we ran down to investigate weird monkey/cat/creature |
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COOLEST CAT EVER!! Tags read "Alfie" and "please do not feed"
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Restaurant in town - reminded of me DuPoste!! 05769 dreamin |