Boxes Full of Love
March 8, 2013 in New Zealand, Travelogue
The excitement of the week… We got packages!! A huge, “Thank you!” to our friend Rhonda and her family who made a pile of the boxes in her foyer for […]
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Sailing Gulf Harbour, NZ
March 6, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
When we camped at the marina in Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland a few weeks ago I sat on the green and admired the sandstone fang jutting up out of […]
On Boys Showering: I can’t make this stuff up
March 4, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The day Ezra was born, Tony looked up from his cherubic little face and sighed, “I got the short end of the public bathroom stick.” Three to one, he definitely […]
Roydon Downs, Bay of Plenty
March 3, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The hills of the central North Island of New Zealand are a blanket of verdant greens and golden yellows. From the deep, black green of the dark pine forests, to […]
Note to Kerri & friends: Keep Paddling
February 26, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The river water is almost icy cold, rushing past the bank and over the rocks with a happy gurgling, before it sweeps around the bend and downstream. The little turnout […]
New Zealand National Aquarium: Learning about land and sea!
February 25, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The New Zealand National Aquarium is not, as one might predict, in Auckland. Instead, it’s nestled on the peaceful shore of Hawke’s Bay in the seaside city of Napier. We […]
Gannet Beach Adventures: Birds, Rocks & a Kidnapping!
February 23, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I wondered, as we rumbled along the sand and pebble coast of Cape Kidnappers, if it was a day very much like this when Captain Cook first saw the coast […]
New Zealand… New Adventures
February 22, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
New Zealand…. This is a place that has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Ten years ago, or so, my parents came over, rented a […]
Home Sweet Camper: Welcome to New Zealand!
February 20, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We’ve been talking about this journey for years. Ever since my parents bought a little camper van and knocked around the islands for six weeks or so a decade ago […]
Entering New Zealand: In which Ezra is caught red handed
February 19, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Did you know that being caught smuggling nine lemons into New Zealand is grounds for prosecution, with a penalty of a $100,000 fine, and up to five years in […]
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