“I Would Have Waited Forever”

So, here we are driving to the river with our new raft in the back of our van and the CD in our stereo is playing the Yes song, “I Would Have Waited Forever”. Dave and I look at each other smiling and laughing, thinking that the words are all too fitting regarding our sentiment towards our long awaited raft. The reality is that we really did “wait forever” as we ordered it over 2.5 months ago from China and the delivery process turned out to be extremely slow and tedious. The flip side is that we’re super happy that it did show up and now having completed the maiden voyage, we know it holds air. Bonus! 

The only unfortunate part is that we only have 5 days left before we head home, which is not enough time to arrange shuttles and drive to various waters we had hoped to float this trip. Being dead tired from two months on our feet, putting on the miles and pulling some long days on the river to the point of exhausting ourselves doesn’t help matters either. So, I guess for now we’ll wait for the next 8 months to pass by and we’ll simply visualize the waters we plan to float, knowing that next year some amazing adventures await.

It never ceases to amaze me how much more there really is to look forward to here in NZ and how many more places there are to discover on such a relatively small island.

Another line from the same Yes song stands out, “Just take it as it comes, for everything will come around”