Rainy days and Mondays
Sweet Jacque at the front desk came upstairs at 7 to tell us Salt Air was trying to reach us. Somehow my phone was on silent, maybe because we were…
Waitangi Treaty Grounds
The birthplace of New Zealand. I would be remiss if I did not recognize Callie and Uncle John's birthday🎂 on this post. Although when we went to the Treaty Grounds,…
Spring has sprung
The grass is green, the rain comes and goes, the flowers are beautiful! This post will mostly be pictures of all the flowers we have taken in the Russell area,…
A Day of Rest
Saturday was a DONSA or "Day of No Scheduled Activities. Dotty took a couple of walks along the beach. We took a walk up the hill and met the dive…
NZ Beer Report 1
NZ Trip Beer Report 1 Rated 1-4 🍺🍺🍺🍺 Furphy Orginal Ale 🍺 🍺 Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺 Can. A nice light ale. It would be perfect for a day at the…
Heading out to Bay of Islands…
Picking up where I left off... Breakfast on Friday. We all love food and free food tops the list. The Pullman had a lovely spread: from gluten free options, charcuterie,…
Looks like we made it!
The flight from LAX to Sydney went on, and on, and on (and on, and on, and on...) but was quite fun. Gammy slept for a long while, even missing…
A Series of (un)fortunate events
Wow! What a day. or couple of days. As we sit in the LAX airport, my computer says it is 8:54 on October 1st. My body thinks it should be…
Flat Jesus’ journey to and about Eastport
So we missed taking a picture of Flat Jesus on the 0'dark 30 ferry (no Jesus walking on the water, but it will happen don't worry), but we did get…
Anticipation, Anticipa-ay-ay-tion
I have been meaning to practice post a couple of times but... alas I didn't. However, now it is getting closer "step by step, inch by inch". Dotty, Jim, and…
