hokianga harbor
our last wwoofing experience was great. we stayed at the labyrinth woodworks & maze. our hosts were avid puzzlers and if there was ever a spare moment we were given a brain teaser to take a crack at. i only solved 28 of the 40 or so puzzles i attempted (there were hundreds available). there was also a hedge maze on the property where you had to find 11 letters throughout the maze and then do a word scramble at the end. our hosts had just gotten back from international puzzle party 26 in boston. the ipp is held annually in a different place every year and only 100 puzzle-makers from around the world are invited to share, buy and sell puzzles amongst each other (the public is not invited). most of the puzzles at the show are never manufactured commercially and are only available to the puzzle-makers who are in attendance. here are some examples. our hosts created the NZanity puzzle about halfway down the page. i still haven't solved NZanity, but i took a crack at some of the puzzles shown and while i solved some, most were pretty hard.
anyway, when we were all puzzled out we were able to find other fun activities. one day we went horseback riding. i rode lee and della rode buster.
another day we went sandboarding down the local sand dunes. you can get going over 50 kilometers per hour and if you don't stop yourself at the bottom you skim out into the bay about 20 meters. except if your timing is off you get destroyed by the incoming waves. my timing was not perfect.
posted by tyson on
Monday, October 30, 2006
3 Comments:
What a sport. Unbelievable the experiences you two are having.
The horseback riding, too, is something new for you, Ty, correct?
Barry thought the puzzle making experience was really great.
Jean
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Anonymous, at 20:57
we did know we were going to be staying with a puzzle maker. we didn't know he was a champion puzzle maker though.
and i thought the sand surfing looked scary too. but it wasn't scary once you started doing it. you could control your speed by digging your feet in the sand--which is what i'm doing in my photo. of course you can get going really fast if you don't dig in your feet--so it's your choice. i'd say it is a fun experience both for daredevils and for scaredy cats (and for those in between).
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della, at 23:23
Hi Guys, glad you enjoyed the puzzles, didn't drive you too nzane, or not suffering from too much nzomnia, with seeing all those ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzs everywhere, we enjoyed your company as well, from time to time I google different things checked up on NZANITY this time, it is amazing what you can find. Thanks for all your help Louis & Sue www.nzanity.co.nz
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