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We awoke before dawn on Tuesday, planning to take a scenic flight over the Milford sound and five glaciers. Unfortunately when we made the final weather check call at 7am we were informed that the pilot called off flights for the day due to cloudy conditions over the mountains. [Read More]

With mediocre weather and a flight to Queenstown that evening, we decided that our third and final day in Auckland would be our museum day. After a late breakfast we headed back over to Albert Park and the Auckland Art Gallery. The featured exhibit was “Light from Tate: 1700s to... [Read More]

The only item on our agenda for our second day in Auckland was reunion with a family friend from Boise, Jason, who has lived in Auckland for the past 15 years. We had a couple of hours to kill in the morning before our lunch meetup, so we grabbed some... [Read More]

On Thursday Kaitlin and I embarked on our long-awaited honeymoon (can we call it a honeymoon 2.5 years late?) to New Zealand. We’ll be spending 13 days total in the country, visiting Auckland, Queenstown, Rotorua, and Tongariro. Our journey began with a 13 hour overnight flight from SFO-Auckland - surpisingly... [Read More]

This weekend I checked a big one off of my PNW bucket list: climbing and skiing Mount St. Helens. At 5500 feet of elevation gain over a 10 mile round trip, this would be my first volcano and one of my longer climbs. With the weather on the mountain Saturday... [Read More]