I want to go ahead and warn you that today has been quite boring, and not to expect much. This morning, Greg and I thoroughly searched the RV for anything we had missed when we packed last night.  We finished up our packing, throwing away anything we wouldn’t be keeping.  We took the RV around …

Today was my last day outside of the United States.  Wow.  I cannot believe how fast this summer has gone by, it seems only yesterday that I left.  At any rate, I certainly wasn’t going to sit around all day crying about it, I had to get out and do something! We drove up the …

This morning we woke up, drove a few miles, and realized that we had somehow ended up in California.  All around us were California Redwood trees, towering over us.  As it turned out, these trees had been brought from California in 1901 and planted here, probably for harvesting.  Since then, the area has been turned …

Today we had a plan.  Last night we had set down after dinner and figured out the few things we wanted to do, and this morning we were up and ready to go.  Our first stop was Mt Tauhara, a small mountain outside of Taupo.  We didn’t really know what the hike entailed, we just …

This morning we awoke to find ourselves in a cold, central New Zealand.  It was quite cold outside, but we had hot showers and a heater, so we were good.  We had camped at the base of one of biggest mountains in New Zealand.  There is a ski slope up the road from where we …

Everything went very smoothly in Sydney this morning.  We got up, got to the airport without trouble, got through check in, customs, and security very quickly, and after an hour taking brekky in the lounge, we were in the air.  Once again, the flight went well and quickly.  I watched some Top Gear and slept …