I had two BIG summer school assignments to complete and submit before we could leave on our trip and show Tara (our first visitor from the states) around the upper North Island. So in a mad flurry the night before we left, I got them …
We had such a great time in Ohakune for Dave’s birthday. The drive down was mellow, Ethan was such a good boy in the truck – 5 hours is a LONG time when you are 3 3/4! Our motel was so nice and right in …
The drive south from Auckland to National Park is one of my favourites in New Zealand, but last weekend we got to see the aftermath of three huge storms in one week! Waikato was pretty much entirely underwater, the flooding was insane and some of …