Well, they're in the works, but I thought I'd at least continue to the posting thread since it has been so long. We were "out in the bush" as they say for 5 days last week completing one of the nine great walks of New Zealand, but in this case we didn't walk. It was on the Whanganui Journey, a 3-5 day canoe paddle down the second longest river in New Zealand. The paddling and weather was mostly good, and we stayed two nights at Tieke Kainga, a Maori compound featuring a Maori Marae, their meeting house. Three Maori women were in residence while we were there and we found them very friendly and interesting to talk to.
Immediately after that, we went on the advertised "best one-day walk in New Zealand" the Tongariro Crossing in the middle of the North Island. We were initially hesitant to do it, as it tends to be crowded and kinda "busload-touristy" but we were glad to find the scenery largely outweighed the negatives of the crowd and we had a great time.
And now, now were staying on our third WWOOF, in a village near Wellington called Paekakariki with Marianne and Gabriel, who are ex-Californians six years removed, and their black lab, the very friendly Brinco. We've been having a great time exchanging American ideals from afar and learning about the outsiders view of New Zealand. In short, a great time to have by all.
Well, that should be about enough out of me for now. Many stories to catch up on, but that'll have to be next time!
And I see we went over 1000 hits on our counter! WOW! Amazing to be able to connect with everyone in this way. How exciting!
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