{"id":16438,"date":"2017-10-19T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=16438"},"modified":"2017-10-19T18:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T22:03:06","slug":"last-day-in-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=16438","title":{"rendered":"Last day in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m uploading photos and such while sitting in LAX airport &#8211; what better way to spend a long layover than enjoying the photos of your trip?<\/p>\n<p>Our last day, Marge and I took a walk down to the beach. Started down the Goat Track and got a little whiff os something. Something&#8217;s dead, commented Marge. Sure were! All those gazillion velellas that had come to Wellington area beaches to no good end. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040.jpg\" title=\"Velellas and urchin\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050040-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the interesting houses and plants, there were views of the escarpment trail we took previously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742.jpg\" title=\"succulents\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_3742-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048.jpg\" title=\"View of the escarpment trail\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1050048-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More photos starting here: (expect a little date order confusion as I moved just a few time zones!)<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-context=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34791306@N00\/37129785363\/in\/album-72157687148048654\/\" title=\"P1050037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4461\/37129785363_b5c71ced3c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"P1050037\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m uploading photos and such while sitting in LAX airport &#8211; what better way to spend a long layover than enjoying the photos of your trip? Our last day, Marge and I took a walk down to the beach. 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