As of right now, today is the longest planned drive day of the whole trip: 6 hours and 20 minutes. Because we can visit places close to home more easily, we’re moving east as fast as possible for a few days.…
Departure day! After Nicholas’ 5th grade graduation and Cooper’s last day as a 7th grader, we hit the road to start our 71-day adventure across the country to Maine and back.…
We had our fingers crossed that today would be the magical day that we got to go home. We have heard of so many flight challenges lately, and we have already had one cancelled flight.…
We started the morning with more kayaking snorkel adventures. This time in the deep water before the reef I saw a ray swimming.…
Last night was a sleep record for nearly everyone. Rob slept 10, I slept 11, Nicholas slept 12 and Cooper slept 13 hours.…
Amanda kicked off the day with a repeat of the fan-favorite French toast casserole dish from our first visit. It was very stormy in Auckland today, but it was pretty cool to see the whitecaps and kite surfers from their house.…
We had a great start to the final few hours on the South Island. Flying within New Zealand is wonderful; it reminds us of flying in the US pre-9/11: no ID checks, bring on your full liquids, and the timeline is so casual–do security once your gate opens.…
We fly out to Auckland tomorrow, so we wanted to enjoy a day and night in Queenstown before leaving the South Island.…
Happy New Year! Oops, booking an earlier morning adventure on New Year’s day wasn’t the smartest given everyone else was up late to celebrate around us.…
As we looked at the map to figure out our day, Nicholas had the simple question of why are we driving all the way around when it is so close on the map.…