I almost, almost, welcome travel days because I know we will be in the car semi-resting because when we have landed wherever we have landed wowzer, we are going to be all go, go, go! I am including a map of the North Island so you have some sense of where we are and …
It is hard to believe but we are in our final 2 weeks in New Zealand; we have seen a tremendous amount of this country, so much so that parts of it are a bit of a blur as I strain my brain to remember places and scenery from a month ago. We researched today; …
It was 4 weeks ago today I said goodbye to sweet Baby Nina and headed off on my Down Under adventures. Oh man. It was so hard leaving her, knowing she was going to change so much in the months we were separated. It seemed like I could actually feel a little piece of my …
I didn’t have a lot of expectations before coming to New Zealand; I hoped to see sheep, taste wine at small local wineries, do some hiking and see beautiful scenery. Check, check, check, and check. What I didn’t know was how good the food would be. And remember, we aren’t doing fancy. We did have …
Sandy and I were friends since grade 1. I actually don’t even remember her from then though she recalled coming to my house (read: small trailer) for dinner a few times. And she specifically remembered one night having dried potato flakes, hydrated, as part of supper. When I told my mom this mom was disbelieving …
There is no question that a trip like this takes money; airfare alone is expensive so getting to and from this part of the world takes a good chunk out of a travel budget. So how are the active retirees making it work you might be curious to know. Here are some insights on that …
The retired travel and lifestyle adventures continue…… Today was the last of our three days in Queenstown; after having explored a lot of the shops yesterday we decided to get out of town and go for a hike. As it turns out, a long hike….. almost 20 km, exposed to the sun and heat with …
The retired travelers have moved a little further to Queenstown, in the dramatic Southern Alps. I wasn’t expecting this but it is a real adventure town; home of the original bungy jump where that is still an option but so are many other adrenaline inducing activities like skydiving, both solo and tandem and from a …
Retired, active and lifestyle stories continue…… We left Dunedin yesterday; if you are following along on the map we are in Cromwell. Along the way we stopped in Clyde where we discovered the best ever lemon and raspberry squares- so many of my travel memories on this trip are about food! Oh the red cod …
Today’s retired travel and lifestyle fun took us from the mountains of Lake Tekapo to the small oceanside city of Dunedin. I thought you might appreciate a map so you can see where these two places, and subsequent stops, are located. Find Timaru written on the right of the map about halfway down and move …