American products in New Zealand!!!!

OMG..... Look what we found in New Zealand. Let me start off by saying that I wouldn't normally buy BBQ sauce, chocolate fudge mix and pumpkin pie filling because I make my own from scratch. This is one of the characteristics of being Leslie in New Zealand; however, if I were in America, I would still be buying this stuff.

About the pumpkin pie filling (for $8.00 NZ), I just can't seem to master my pumpkin pie here because our pumpkins just aren't the same. I am very excited to have this and can't wait to make a real pumpkin pie with real graham cracker pie crust from the supply I brought from the US last November.

The El Pato is the biggest can I have ever seen in my life (I could bathe in it). It's 27 ounces/765 grams and cost $5.00 which is actually not too bad of a price. This is a product I can also find at a Mexican Restaurant here in NZ except she sells small cans at $4.00 each. Now that is a rip if I ever saw one.

This store also had Captain Crunch (reeces flavour), Cheetos, Fritos, Oreo COOKIES, Graham crackers, Skor bars, Dr Pepper soda, Lipton teas, Red Vines, and more. The best thing of all is that they had Tide Laundry Detergent, which I didn't buy because I didn't want to spend $15.00 for a small bottle. But oh, how I would love to use the good stuff again.

Stay tuned for my next trip to this store. I'm leaving Holming at home and taking my credit card with me. Teeheehee

Mountain biking at Woodhill Forest

Upon waking up this morning, I had the bright idea of going mountain biking, even though the weather forecast was for showers. I am a road biker, and enjoy being on the road, but had never tried riding a bike out on a trail. I guess it’s a big thing over here, being surrounded by forest and all. The unusual thing about the area we live in is that bikes aren’t allowed on regular walking trails. We have 154 trails in the Waitakere Ranges and we had to drive 45 minutes away to a place called Woodhill Forest. Holming goes to this place with his friend about once a month so I wanted to check it out for myself. It was a beautiful drive and a fun park to ride through.

We decided to do the 10km/6mi track for beginners. Being a beginner track it did not have very steep climbs but did have small jumps, ramps and cliffs to jump over. I was too chicken for the first half of the ride but LOOK WHAT I CAN DO.....



I must say, I don’t know if I will be able to sit tomorrow as I am already a bit sore in the "seat area". It was all worth it though, I had a blast and can’t wait to do it again. Even though I was walking my bike at the end. A beginner can only ride up so many hills.

Who’s laughing now?