Working for the Weekend

This is the plane that takes the medical personell to Kaitaia Whangarei airport- no baggage or ID check needed.

The All Blacks and Phillip's personal Haka

Lynn continues to travel to see patients in Kaitaia every few weeks. He took the camera this week to give you some images of the plane and scenic views he sees. He takes earplugs, a heavy jacket , and dramamine to weather the ride but otherwise he really enjoys this break in the normal driving commute. He was scheduled to have his first sleep patient take home a home sleep monitor tonight but the guy didn't show. We need someone from Summit sleep lab to come over here and call these folks! I'll have to sneak a picture for all of you at Summit because Lynn brought it home to wear HIMSELF tonight.

He also presented his cancer cases in Auckland this morning. It gave us a good reason to stay in a beachside greater Auckland town called Orewa for the weekend. More pictures will follow of this local beach community. We all enjoyed a hot water spring that has been turned into a waterpark with slides. We still wore wetsuits but it was very fun to slide down a hot water slide. The restaurant across the street was named Woody's so I took a photo for my folks.

Lynn and Phillip also attended the famous All Blacks rugby match against the Australian Wallabys on Saturday night because they were playing in Auckland this weekend. The stands hold 48,000 fans doing the Haka pregame dance. We included pictures of the pre-game revelry including the Men in Black themselves donning newly bought All Blacks shirts. We decided Anna should play on the "All pinks". Apparently the luck of the Vols has followed us and New Zealand won with a wide margin despite a loss in Australia last week. As far as a certain match up in the fall, "Go tigers!" and "War Eagle to ya".