Silver Fern Anniversary Weekend at The Treetops Lodge

It was our 29th wedding anniversary so Bonny and I headed for a romantic weekend at a hunting lodge that our friends in Florida recommended. We got up a the sparrow fart (very early) Sat. mourning.

What a gorgeous sunrise. On our way we drove by the snow covered Mount Ruapehu.

Then out of the brilliant blue sky arose Mount Ngauruhoe.

We arrived at the Treetop lodge and on our walk to the lodge we encountered for the first time the famous silver fern the national symbol of New Zealand.

The underside of the fern is silver and the Maori used them to mark their path as they shimmer in the moonlight. We were greeted with a picnic lunch and given instructions to bridal veil falls.

It really does look like a brides veil.

I continue to be amazed by the natural beauty of New Zealand! On a way back we did not get lost because we had marked our trail with the silver fern.

Along the trail near the entrance to the lodge we were greeted by a Maori God.

The next mourning Bonny went for a horseback ride and had a Facial, while I tried my hand at Pheasant hunting.

It was a very successful hunt thanks to David and his pointers Radar (above) and Rufus.

After hanging my birds in the walk in fridge

It was off for a drink in the hot tub with Bonny

We had a romantic dinner of Pheasant that night in front of the fireplace in the lodge library.

After a bubble bath the next mourning in was back to Palmy and a week of work.

Bonny with her Maori guide Diddy

Kia Ora from New Zealand!