Visit from Ken

Wow is it hard to stay up to date on blogging.  It was easy for the first 6 months but now it's becoming difficult.  So Ken stopped by for a visit a couple weeks ago.  After a whirlwind journey through New Zealand he arrived at the Cairns airport ready for a break.  That was doable, we know how to relax.  A lot of time was spend on the patio reading the paper and sipping on an ice cold beer.

The first week that he spent here Tara took time off.  They visited such places as Hartley's Crocodile Farm and the Barron Gorge generating station.  Ken had the privilege of feeding a croc, and I hear he did his best at giving that croc a hard time.

Most days I came home for lunch to find them relaxing on the patio.  I went back to work then came home again at 5.  They were still on the patio.  That's the life.  Tara might be able to blog more about that week because I was working.

Once the weekend came around Ken was pretty keen to take on the Great Barrier Reef with his new found eye sight.  We first assumed that he wanted to go for a snorkel, but it turns out he wanted to jump right in and do a dive.  Impressive.  So that's what we did.  We took off on a dive boat to the outer reef for a little bit of scuba.  He did amazing.  No worries at all and now he has one successful dive under his belt.  There's ever proof.

The following week Tara had to go back to work as well.  Ken continued to have a relaxing time during the week taking in the available sunshine and pool water.  A couple meals out, a magic show, trivia night and a few games of blackjack at the casino and two weeks was gone.  We saw him off at the airport last weekend and I think his New Zealand / Australian adventure was a success.

Nick