Aust/NZ

Wednesday, 11/24/93 (again – Thanks to the date line!) Well, we are about an hour and a half from Los Angeles, on Wednesday again. I went to sleep about 10:30pm on Wednesday evening, and now it’s 8:30am on Wednesday morning. I watched two good movies on the little movie screens built into the seats: The … Continue reading »

Tuesday, November 23, 1994 It was an interesting night. I got to bed around 11pm, but to sleep about 11:45pm. At about 12:15, I was woken up, by two things: My arm got caught in the power cord for the electric blanket, and a floodlight outside our window came on. It has a motion sensor … Continue reading »

Monday, 11/22/93, 9:00pm Well, today started out with a bang. Literally. Actually it was more like a whoop-whoop-whoop. A New Zealand Air Force helicopter landed about 100 feet behind our A-frame, and the Alpine Center. It must have been Search and Rescue training, since the loaded up with people in bright red-orange jackets, and took … Continue reading »

Sunday, 11/21/93 We got to sleep in today, and made it to almost 9:30. The day is overcast, with new snow (!?!?!) on the ridge directly opposite us, almost to the canyon floor. It’s about 10:30 now, and it’s starting to snow again. Very lightly, but snowing non-the-less. I thought I left the northern hemisphere … Continue reading »

Saturday 11/20/93 Up again (not with the peacock this time) We had our breakfast with Pam and Barry and talked for quite awhile before we decided to head for Mount Cook. Just as we were piling into the car both Pam and Barry remembered that we had forgotten to pay. WHOOPS! It was a little … Continue reading »

Friday, 10/19/93 We were up early for our trip. Actually we were up even earlier (like 4am) when this stupid peacock started crying for it’s mate. It was a very overcast, heavy day, looking like rain could come at any moment. We drove down to Manapouri, where the first leg of our journey would commence. … Continue reading »

Thursday, 11/18/93, 9pm Boy, the days are starting to fly by at breakneck speed. On Wednesday we got up for breakfast at 9am, with the English, Aussies, Kiwis, and Yanks. It was quite tasty. Another good start for the day. We started up towards Arrowtown, which is a small, rural, ex-ghost town which now caters … Continue reading »

Tuesday, 11/16/93, 9:00am Yesterday (Monday), which was today before today: We got up for breakfast which was also attended by an older couple from Kentucky. I really hope they aren’t the typical American tourists, or the locals must have a pretty poor opinion of Americans. We finished up and headed south on highway 6 through … Continue reading »

Sunday 11/14/93 Up again for another day that went by too fast. We said our good-bys after promising that I’d send them some Iced Tea samples (they’ve never had Iced Tea). We headed west, since Rex promised us good weather once we got there. Weather patterns, on the South Island in particular, are rather unstable, … Continue reading »

Saturday, 11/13/93 We had to get up early this morning (6:30am) to catch the ferry to the South Island. We had a nice breakfast with the other guests who were staying at the house. This was the first time we had shared a house with other guests. We drove to the ferry building, where we … Continue reading »