Hi all! Sorry we have been so bad about blogging out here. Things seem to close down very early, and we have mostly been blogging on the laptop and waiting to upload. So, we've got updates for the first two weeks in New Zealand, and we'll try to upload our blogs before we leave each destination. We've been seriously on the move out here, so we're never in one place for very long, which makes it tough for blogging, but fun for everything else! We'll start with an...

Greetings from Christchurch! We spent a few days here getting caught up on the blog, finances, and travel planning, and now we head out to Mt. Cook and points further south and west on the south island. We're working our way over to Queenstown, where we will probably plan for a 3-4 day hike and maybe some adventure sports. We'll also hit Milford Sound for some sea kayaking. We'll post pics from Christchurch soon, and we'll catch up on our time in NZ. We love it...