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Here are a few pictures from the whole trip...these are randomly ordered. They are all from the last week or so...Taupo, Mt. Maunganui, Napier, and Rotorua. And the infamous camping pics! (Notice my expressions during camping =)). ... read more

Hey Everyone! I hope this blog works better than the last... It has been such a long time since I wrote, I don't even know where we left off, so I am going to give you the latest and greatest and then more randomness. First of all, it's Thanksgiving for you all right now, so HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Hope you ate good meals for Mary Kathryn and I because our "Thanksgiving dinner" was interesting to say the least. We had a campsite out by a beautiful river, The Wairakei River, which is Huka Falls is on. The falls are just amazing. Our Thanksgiving dinner was not so amazing. We made do, however. We even found another American to share some food with! About the Ole Miss game: Mary Kathryn and I were able to "watch" the Ole ... read more

It's been so long since I wrote something, I am just going to give a short description of what we have been doing these past few days...car still working (it's a miracle). We have been all the way to the very top of NZ, Cape Reinga. It is supposed to be beautiful, and I am sure that it is, although when we got there, we were in the clouds and could not see a thing!! It was so disappointing. We camped out there and moved on the next day to the Bay of Islands. The islands are beautiful and MK and I finally got a "tramp" in along the beach! We took a ferry to Russell Island and went on another walk there. Every place here (except Auckland) is so small and really quaint. You definitely ... read more