WOW.......finally the time is beginning to fly by.....as we prepare for our "fly day" next Tuesday, the 8th!!!! Yep.....after all of the months of thinking and planning and then changing some plans.......it is now less than a week before we leave St Louis, MO. We can barely wait!!!! Yesterday, after a series of emails back and forth to Apex Rental Cars, I secured our rental car for the almost six weeks that we will be in NZ. I must say......I am very impressed with the staff at Apex.....they have been soooo helpful in assisting with our needs and desires for the car, as well as the arrangements for the ferry going down to the south island and returning to the north island. We haven't even touched down in NZ......yet, we feel like we have already experienced ... read more

WOW.....over this past weekend we had house guests from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada........and since they had not spent any time in St Louis, we decided to go there for the day. We live only about an hour and fifteen minutes south of the city. Visiting the Arch was an experience for them like none other. They were awed at the beauty and at the engineering feat of this national wonder. It is part of the National Park and Memorial system.....and is therefore run by the US government and not the city of St. Louis. At the present time, plans are starting to take shape to improve the grounds around the Arch and to make it even more user friendly......hopefully, it will not take toooo many years! Following a light lunch at Laclede's Landing, very close to the ... read more

WOW......these last two months have just flown by......and, I feel certain that the next three weeks will just be like a flash of lightning! We have much to do, lots of plans to still work out, and many ideas are still floating through our minds as we finalize the six weeks we will spend there. Leaving Missouri.....I now call it Misery...... after the past six weeks of winter weather will be exciting!!! This is the first winter we have spent in Misery in five years.....and, hopefully....the last winter for years to come. COLD frigid temperatures, tons of snow.......and all of our friends are in either Texas or Arizona.........we are jealous! Soooo, we leave on March 8th for New Zealand......our first trip there, but from what EVERYONE says......we will be wanting to return the minute we take ... read more