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This morning as we drove out of Hanmer Springs the sky was stunning. The flat Hanmer basin is ringed at the horizon by the mountains of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Some were already snow covered. The lenticular clouds and clear blue sky between capping the mountains was incredibly beautiful.   […]

Monday April 3, aboard the Cook Straight Ferry, travelling from the North Island to the South Island. Today is my “American Birthday,” since it’s April 2nd in the US. Yesterday was my New Zealand birthday, 2nd April here, and what a birthday it was and is, capping several days of […]

The last five days have been a blur. Too much activity! After all that talk about pacing you would think we would have figured it out, but no, we keep trying to pack too much in. Part of this is coming from our realization that this is a big country! […]

Back in Auckland last night and tonight for a one-day laundry, internet, exercise, and comfort stopover. The drive down from the far north yesterday was long, through increasing concentrations of civilization, the ultra-hip crowd at the Victoria Super Market, the car noise in Auckland, the flat taste of all the […]