I'm writing this on the 25th (US) time... so Merry Christmas!!! 🎅❤️⛄❄️😁🥳🥰😍😊🎄🎉 Let's see, though it was Christmas morning in New Zealand, I wasn't wanting to get up early in the morning to set up Christmas lights and have a Christmas morning in the dark, even though it would have looked super cool to have … Continue reading 2022-12-24 — Christmas by the River

How the day started on the 23rd (New Zealand 24th) is a little vague for me. Wait... it's coming back. We woke up late to other cars joining us in the parking trailhead dirt parking lot/pull off. We had been out of reception all night, so we first went back to the Devil's Punch bowl … Continue reading 2022-12-23 — 41 ish

The 22nd was a pretty rough day for me, just sick over what had happened. After the initial message I received, I'd desperately tried to repair the harm I'd caused as we texted back and forth, but there really wasn't much I could do. So I spent until about 2:30 in the morning going back … Continue reading 2022-12-22 — Spill Over and Sand-fly Protection

I can't even remember where we slept last night. Wait... yes I can: Side of the road, just off the water, waves on one side, little unseen waterfall, er... trickle, on the other. 🙃 Couldn't sleep much again. Culprit this time? My heart. It was beating a lot faster than it should for sleep time, … Continue reading 2022-12-21 — Down, Up… *Down*

Man, the sand flies have been brutal so far in the South Island. In the North Island, they were annoying here and there. I'm the South Island so far, they're almost maddening. The darn things are small enough to fit through the mosquito netting holes. Guess we need sand-fly netting. 🙃 Good gravy. 🤦 Anyway, … Continue reading 2022-12-20 — FlyPocalypse

Woke up this morning after probably the worst night's sleep I've had this whole trip. Chase went to bed about 9. I got to bed probably about 11:30? But he had all the windows up. I didn't want want to wake him; nor did i want to turn my flashlight on to check for bugs. … Continue reading 2022-12-19 — Double Boogied

Let's see.. up again this morning. We parked in a place that didn't have reception, but I thought that maybe there might be reception nearby, so I walked maybe just a hundred yards and was able to get enough reception to get online. That meant that I was able to get my posts uploaded for … Continue reading 2022-12-18 — Decisions Decisions

Hola, my peeps! It'll probably be Sunday when this posts (for all you statesiders), as I don't have reception right now, parked on a forestry pullout off a dirt road just outside Abel Tasman National Park. Woke up pretty late today, I think, after another night of really vivid dreams. I can't remember what they … Continue reading 2022-12-17 — Car Day #2

I was glad I brought my blanket in with me on the ferry, as the spot I had chosen to sleep on, unbeknownst to me when I first chose it, was in the direct line of path of a very strong fan, which made it a little cold. But the blanket was perfect, and though … Continue reading 2022-12-16 — South Island!

I woke up first again, per usual. I think sometime around 7 ish. I realized that we'd parked on a pull out right next to the Ocean. We knew we were next to the Ocean, but we thought we were higher up, but nope: We were on a pull out that prior regularly park on … Continue reading 2022-12-15 — Dolphins!!!