Greetings Everyone, After 24 hours of travel we are currently enjoying a beautiful sunrise in...San Francisco. I am beginning to suspect that when we began our drive to O'Hare yesterday we slipped through an inter-dimension vortex that took us to a parallel universe in which it is every human being's first day on the job. We arrived for our 3PM flight at 11AM. Online check in had been disconnected due to United's recent merger so we had to wait in line for the United desk to check-in. After an unremarkable twenty minute wait we are prompted to scan our passports in what looks like a supermarket check out scanner. Upon doing so, the screen says "Your itinerary has been changed. Please see a customer service representative." I look at the employee immediately in front of me ... read more

Our long awaited New Zealand adventure begins. We'll be traveling from Chicago to San Francisco, San Francisco to Auckland, Auckland to Christchurch, Christchurch to Punakaiki. 35 hours from now, we'll be there! We look forward to two weeks of kayaking, hiking, exploring and recreating Frodo's journey to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Hopefully we'll get a chance to sing a song with Jemaine and Bret from Flight of the Conchords, wrestle a few Sheep, spot a Kiwi bird, and maybe even a whale or two. See you soon New Zealand, see you soon.... read more