We took Swindley Jr out for a 9.2 mile ride around the coast of Auckland to the lustrous beaches of Mission Bay. Seven shell finalists were brought back to the hotel for transport home. Swindley Jr. is our newest favorite mode of transportation – an electric scooter! We both fit on one scooter, though probably aren’t supposed to, but it made for more fun riding. The sun was gloriously shining, the breeze came and went when we needed it, and we were told the weather hadn’t been this nice in weeks!
Back downtown we paid $50 USD for “the best” ice cream on the top of the Sky Tower. Brevin had plum creme fraische (it was actually pretty darn great) and Ilana had Honeycomb AKA hokey poke, which was a’ight. Then our first fancy dinner (9 courses plus a few bonus courses) at The Grove where Brevin spent most of the night reminiscing of Swindley Jr. There is an 80% chance our future child will be named after this glorious eScooter, which is named after a flashlight. But for realz, escooting is a game changer for this trip!
