by admin | May 4, 2017 | New Zealand
Monday, the day before heading back to the States. Since Cassie was working, I thought I would catch a cab into the city and have another day of wandering. It gave me a chance to explore some brewery tasting rooms and snap some photos. A month had already passed since...
by admin | Apr 25, 2017 | New Zealand
We left Whangaparoa and were headed further north to the Coromandel; more specifically Whitianga (pronounced Fitty-onga). The drive was supposed to take 3 hours. However, as we drew within 40 minutes of the town, we came to a road block and a state worker wearing...
by admin | Apr 14, 2017 | New Zealand
On Monday morning, I woke up with a terrible pain in my neck. The tent that Cassie had bought for our trip was a tad short for my height and I slept with my head to the side and my shoulders up next to my ears all night. At least we had makings for screwdrivers. We...
by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | New Zealand
Saturday morning, we got up bright and early and caught an Uber into the city to pick up our rental car; we had reserved it back in February when we were planning our trip. We would be cruising around the north island in our little red Toyota Corolla. The gal at the...
by admin | Mar 30, 2017 | New Zealand
The week following our trip to the river was what pretty mellow. The thing about wwoofing is that you never really know what kind of work you’re going to be doing. When I was looking at hosts on the wwoofing site before leaving Montana, I had found the marae and...
by admin | Mar 21, 2017 | New Zealand
Driving around town with Moritz, Drake and Tibo, we passed by a city park that I noticed had a skatepark. I made a mental note of where it was in relation to the library so I could check it out later. On Friday, I was dropped at the library to do some consulting for a...