Up early again--still not sleeping well. 🙃 (I forgot to mention that the main reason I think I had such a hard time falling asleep when we first left our friends in hokitika and drove to the east side of the Southern Alps was that I had so much sugar and caffeine in my system … Continue reading 2023-01-13 — “Can’t” Is Not The Right Answer

Despite being completely exhausted, again I woke up earlier than Chase, apparently back to my old routine. 🙃 I spent a little while working on one of my blog posts to at least get one up and done. The day began even more cloud covered than the previous, but again, we were hopeful that the … Continue reading 2023-01-12 — Wandering

I'm running out of steam for my blog post catch up. 🙃 Can't really tell it to month story and then leave the last few days out of it, though, I guess. I'm just... tired, having only gotten make an hour or two of sleep last night and looking at a 28ish-hour flight home. 🥱 … Continue reading 2023-01-11 — Cook’s Hooker

Both Chase and I have been sleeping terribly lately. 🙃 I think maybe that's because we've slowed down a good bit in our travels. In the beginning, we were go go go all the time, so we were completely hammered when we finally went to bed, so we slept better just because of sheer exhaustion. … Continue reading 2023-01-10 — Hokitika, Round #3

Second day migraining (I'm writing this on the 13th)... So this catch-up post might not be the greatest. I just want to sleep, but I'm too awake, and the head hurts too much--like someone is pushing constantly on my right eye. Can't take anything for it until the stomach meds have been in there an … Continue reading 2023-01-09 — Mazda What?

Howdy folks! 😊 I realized that I forgot to update you on a couple of things... First, sand flies in fiordland. Rumor had it that they were awful, perhaps the worst in the entire country. Rumor might have been right. 🙃 Sand flies are notorious for attacking your ankles and legs, but if you start … Continue reading 2023-01-08 — Two Hot Two Jump

Oh the knees and the ankles hate me today. And the bowels. 😶 And i got a message from a friend who's having a super duper rough time. So we hung out at the camping place for a little while, so I could chat with my friend. So many people going through tough times right … Continue reading 2023-01-07 — Fiordland 😊

We were up and going faster today than we have been in a long time. Why? Well, we only had a certain amount of time to get to Cathedral Caves, so that lit a bit more of a fire under our butts. I've actually been dragging a lot more lately, instead of being the first … Continue reading 2023-01-06 — Patience… Pays Off

Can you believe it?!?! No sand flies!!! Wahoo!!! 🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳 Cloudy day, which was exactly why we headed south, as it was gonna be raining in Fiordland. And it started raining on us as well. We tried to go to the Cathedral Caves (sea caves), but apparently they are only open for the morning low tide … Continue reading 2023-01-05 — First Camp Site

Despite being super tired, I'm still not sleeping well at all. 🙃 Every night seems to be getting worse lately. Shoulder and hip. Worrying about waking Chase up. Sleeping on my back. Noise. They all make for a pretty challenging sleeping session. But I'm doing fine, gratefully. Well, that's true and not true. I'm struggling … Continue reading 2023-01-04 — Rain Break