Devonport

Took the Ferry over to Devonport the other day, met up with Jay and Bron. Took a nice long walk on the beach from the bus stop to Bron's parents house. On the way there was a rare books store that happened to have 'No Bugles, No Drums' for 40$. I am now the proud owner of that as well as another called 'John Walker; Champion'. Devonport and Takapuna were great little towns, beautiful beaches and a lot of sailing. Bron's parents were really cool, her mom is a painter and her dad is a book publisher (who actually had the rights to publish NBND until the author bailed out on him - he was cooled off by the time I showed up with the book, but was quite angry when it happened). They were great people. Then we headed over to Bron's sisters place for dinner and I got to meet thier family, including two college (what americans call high school) age kids, a 4th year and a 2(?) year. Both of whom were really cool. Andrew, the older, is a dancer and I hope to get to see him dance at some point. Dinner was great, and I hope to be invited back at some point.