Next Stop, Napier

After a VERY blowy night at Akitio (you could hear the wind roaring towards us, then it would hit the caravan shaking us about)  we headed out towards Dannevirke.
The cyclist who was camping beside us had said that our was too rough for him and he had ended sleeping in the kitchen.
On the way out of Akitio, we were astounded by the amount of driftwood washed up on the beach, the boat ramp (massive tree trunks) and the lagoon / mouth of the river.  The mouth of the river looked like soup with all the wood floating in it. 
We took the skinny, winding road back to Waione and on to Dannevirk and much to DH's disgust,  seemed to hit every patch of mud and cow poo and every grubby slip that we possibly could.  By the time we got to Dannevirk, he was trying to figure out how to get all the mid off everything.  We managed to get a little bit off at the dump station, but behold!   At the supermarket, like a miracle,  a netball team was running a car wash for $5 a pop!  Woo!   We lined up the car and caravan and while I did a little grocery shop,  the kids attacked the dirt and when I came out,  it was all done and DH was a lot happier.
I grabbed a couple of packets of lollies for the girls to say an extra thank you and PB handed  them over,  much to the girls surprise and delight. 
We checked out the playground then zoomed on to the Napier association campground for the night.
A quick run (with PB and DH riding along in support) followed by a couple of cheeky chardonnays rounded off a lovely Saturday.