Swapped the sails for a set of wheels!

 Left Mimu for the day, hired a car and headed to Blenheim for a bit of sight seeing and girly shopping ...


Aviation Museum for the boys.

















Bubbles, Sav, Pinot at Cloudy Bay Winery.

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