2025-03-01 Now What?

I had a great time writing this blog during our trip to New Zealand. While one of my purposes was to, in effect, have a journal of our

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2025-02-23/23 Traveling Home (Completed)

First of all an explanation for my dating scheme: We are starting our trip at 3:00pm on Sunday February 23rd in New Zealand and should be arriving in

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2025-02-22 Our Last Full Day of Vacation

It is unfortunate that I get anxious the day before I travel. I really don’t understand why. I haven’t had any problems traveling, and when I have, I

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2025-02-21 Christchurch

We are at our last destination. Hard to believe. The drive here wasn’t bad and the hotel is nice. The question became: what did we want to do?

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2025-02-20 Mount Cook

We left the apartment at 7:30 AM, got back at 8:00 PM (or 2000 if you prefer) and had a simply wonderful day. It took us a little

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2025-02-19 I’d Rather Be Huffing Than Not Puff at All

When I decided to write this blog I had a specific idea in mind: to share my experiences traveling in New Zealand. I wanted to not only share

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2025-02-18 Airing my Grebe-ences

As you may recall we spent last night at a wonderful lodge outside of Wanaka. We woke up a little on the late side and tried to decide

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2025-02-16/17 “Un-Sound?” No doubt about it.

You might be thinking the title refers to my mental or emotional state but in reality it references the fact that today we took a boat trip to

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2025-02-15 Unexpected Treasures

The trip has been amazing so far and there are several good reasons for it. One of the biggest reasons is all the care that Robin put into

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2025-02-14 Totally Worth It

First of all the Cemetery Sign doesn’t have a lot to do with the day. I saw it at the end of the day which really amused me.

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