Woke up and headed back to Greenstone to use the bathroom. One of the pros and cons of being vegan/veggie--more #2 visits. Good for health... a bit less convenient. Then we drove back across all the fords, past... Isengard 🙃... and toward Mt. Earnslaw. As we drove, we came across a large van full of … Continue reading 2023-01-03 — Paradise… and Pain

When I woke up that morning, one of the first things on my mind was the fact that I never received the confirmation email that I was promised from the person I spoke with at Qantas who said she'd booked my return flight and also had issued a partial refund of nearly $700, or something … Continue reading 2023-01-02 — A Few Obstacles

I don't really remember much about the morning. It was New Year's Day back home in the states but the second here in New Zealand. Thank you to all of you who wished me happy birthday, Merry christmas, and happy New Year. 🙂 Chase wanted to hike the Blue River track, a trail that followed … Continue reading 2023-01-01 — Happy New Year!!! 🥳 (#2)

Oh. My. Bugs. We thought we'd experienced bad sandfly attacks before, but oh my goodness! 😶😬😵‍💫 When I woke up in the morning and looked at our windows, it was just nutty how many sand flies were on the windows, on the bug screen... in the air. I took a video that shows at least … Continue reading 2022-12-31 — Happy New Year!!! (#1) 🥳

In the middle of the night or early early morning, we had some poor cow making hideous noises, like it had lost its offspring or mate or something. It was so loud and sounded really... distressed. 😞 At some point, I got up and went outside, climbed up the fence a little bit and had … Continue reading 2022-12-30 — Mountains, Gandalf! I Want to See Mountains Again

I woke up to the rain coming through the bug screen onto my face a little bit, but i didn't mind. It was nice to have the fresh air. 🙂 I kept my phone right next to the ear closest to the road, with my noise maker turned up just enough to cover the sound … Continue reading 2022-12-29 — Who’ll Stop the Rain

Yesterday... the 28th (USA time). Originally, I set my alarm for like 7:30, but after thinking about it for a little while and not wanting to be up for very long without the owner of the house up, I decided to get up right about 8:00, so that I could just jump right on the … Continue reading 2022-12-28 — Christmas Lights and Sticky Tack

No, we just weren't gonna do the river. Perks reviewing the place said the sand flies were just dreadful, and boy did we agree. Why get carried away by the little things, blood sucked dry, and add heaps of itchy bumps to the many already there in the hopes of digging out some hot springs … Continue reading 2022-12-27 — Impromptu Heli, and Other… Rides.

I guess we were closer to cows than I realized that night (once again behind. been a crazy few days). Smelly night. 🙃 Every time I woke up in the middle of the night, it was like--yuck. But whatever. Is what it is. I spent some time writing another catch-up post. I'm almost caught up... … Continue reading 2022-12-26 — Might As Well Jump

Yesterday... Hmmm... Yesterday... Love was such an easy game to play. Just kidding. 🙃 No, yesterday I woke up and started working on catching up on my other posts while sitting on the railroad tracks near our little hidden falls hike, fighting off the sandflies all the while. I've taken to just wearing long pants, … Continue reading 2022-12-25 — Blue Blue Christmas