I suppose the reason the blog has been left by the wayside isn't a particularly new excuse; I've been busy. Here is a brief update and a token photo of the general activities.
June: My last grandparent passed away, a few days before his 84th birthday. I was fortunate enough to be able to travel back for the funeral and spend some extra time with my family. I was able to see all siblings, their partners and my nieces and nephews. Incredibly lucky to see everyone, considering the unfortunate event.
I got a new job and got rid of my old. Very excited about this! The three aforementioned events happened within 5 days of each other.
Early June we travelled to the North Island to visit sulfur filled Rotorua and a bit of the (extremely rainy) Coromandal Peninsula.
I also published my first work, a travel guide for Christchurch, which is available on
Amazon.
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| White Island - Bay of Plenty - North Island |
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| Hobbiton - Matamata - North Island |
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| Colton, Haley, Emma & Dallas |
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| Claudia |
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| Everyone |
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July: We attended the US Ambassador to New Zealand's 4th of July party in Christchurch, then traveled with friends to Lake Ohau to continue to celebrate a little skiing (wasn't much snow). I also started my new job and we did some house sitting at a farm 45 minutes southeast of Christchurch. The ducks disappeared for most of the time their owners were away, then magically returned a few hours before the owners returned. mysterious.
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| Lake Ohau |
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The ducks
August: We hiked to Lake Daniells, in the Lewis Pass region. Travelled
to Samoa to celebrate my birthday and then celebrated Forrest's birthday
a week later in Christchurch. We attended Forrest's company's
mid-winter party, donning masquerade masks.
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| Lake Daniells |
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| Forrest in the South Pacific |
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| Traditional Fale (no electricity) |
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| N'amua Island (home of traditional fale's) |
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| Posh fale at Coconuts Beach Club |
September so far: Last weekend we hiked up to Carroll Hut, within the Kelly Range, the West Coast side of Arthur's Pass National Park.
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| Carroll Hut - little white dot in photo |
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| Attempted YMCA |
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| Dan and Lu |
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| toilet |
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