3/14/15 Greymouth

Happy Pi Day (3.1415)!

We took a coach ride to the gold mining town of Reefton.  We had a guided tour of the museum and then came back to town for billy tea and scones at The Bearded Miners.  The mayor of the town took us for a walk around the town and we ended up at the Odd Fellows Hall,  We sat in the dark hall with just two candles for illumination before he turned on the lights.  He was showing us how dark it was in the houses before electricity came to town.  They were one of the first to have it in every house. He then went around and asked us to say one odd thing about ourselves.  He turned everyone's oddness into a positive - he was very quick to do so and we were amazed at how well spoken he was.  The best odd thing was that Ted, who is a retired policeman, was a pornography expert and was often called upon to testify in court.  We had lunch in town and then drove out to the beach where we had a lovely long walk on the bluffs.  We started at the lighthouse and walked along the bluff until we could see the fur seals playing in the water below us.  The path was steep and gravely and I took a tumble at one point and turned my ankle.  Fortunately, I didn't break anything and was able to continue walking to the car park.  We had dinner in the hotel dining room and Rhonda gave me an ice pack to put on my ankle.