Rotorua, New Zealand [Tuesday Morning into Afternoon]

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Get set for a big day in Rotorua!

Start at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, a spectacular showcase of New Zealand's most colorful and unique geothermal elements sculpted by thousands of years of volcanic activity. Explore the out-of-this-world landscape, including the famous mud pool, the largest in New Zealand. Arrive at 10:15 am to hear the history and see the beauty of the Lady Knox Geyser, which erupts daily to heights of 33 to 66 feet (10 to 20 m).

Or you can go back to the swings (or the luge that are up by the swings), try the skydiving, or stay close to the lodge, which also offers activities for the day.

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Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[wildgalegirl]

Like ruses were needed with Charlie! Ask for a kiss - heck, say you wanted to have sex, and she'd happily drag you off somewhere. She was easy. Really.

"What kind of feather do you want to be?" she asked with a grin

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[pun_king]

Shhh. Let him have this.

"That," Graham said, eyebrows lifting and sounding impressed, "is a good question, actually! Can I think about it and get back to you? Because I keep wanting to say one, but then another pops up and that one sounds good, too! Like, if it was a duck feather, I'd fall and be water-resistant, or a raven feather could make me more dark and ~mysteeerious~, but a phoenix feather, now that would really be cool! Or hot," he chuckled, "all things considered."

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[wildgalegirl]

"You just let me know and I can make it happen," Charlie said with a grin. "And feather you like!"

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[pun_king]

"Hmm..." Graham hummed thoughtfully for a moment, rubbing his chin, until his face brightened and he grinned at Charlie, an idea clearly having sparked.

"Well," he said, "if you were to be a feather, what kind of feather would you be, Charlie?"

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[wildgalegirl]

"I'd be all of them, of course," Charlie said. "Peacock, owl, eagle, crow, hummingbird, ostrich - I want 'em all!"

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[pun_king]

That answer sort of put a small damper on what Graham was angling for, but he had to laugh anyway, because it was a pretty good one....and seemed to suit Charlie pretty well, too.

"Well, then," he decided, "I guess I'm going to be all of them, too! You know why? Because birds of a feather should flock together!"

Yes, he'd asked just to set up that homerun of a joke.

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[wildgalegirl]

That was Charlie disappointing people since birth, and yet somehow everyone liked her anyway!

"We'll be our own flock," she declared. "And no one will be able to label us because they won't have any idea what new and wonderous flock we are!"

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[pun_king]

"We shall defy definition!" Graham declared, hands on his hips and chin lifted, but the grin on his face was broad ans goofy. "Everyone will think we're winging it, but it'll beak epic!"

Re: Doing Your Own Thing

[wildgalegirl]

"They'll owl be jealous of us and we can say we're just doing it for a lark," Charlie said with a grin.