Our first stop on the South Island was the national park, Abel Tasman. We booked a full day kayak adventure to get out and see the NZ fur seals and amazing rugged scenery up close. We loaded ourselves and our kayaks onto a water taxi that was still on a boat trailer. Then a large […]
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New Zealand is home to five species of kiwis. The brown kiwi is the most common and is only found on the north island. The great spotted kiwi is the largest, while the little spotted is the smallest. The tokeoka can grown larger than the brown kiwi. And then there is the rowi. The rowi
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For my first day of birthday we had two events. The first event was an acting, fighting thing. We weren’t quite sure what it would be till we got there. We knew there would be archery, axe throwing, and fake sword fighting but that was about it. We descended down some stairs and checked in,
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For the final week that the family stayed in Auckland, Aleah and my friend, Miriam, came to visit us. She is super into Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, so one of the must do activities was to visit Hobbiton. It was far enough away from our Airbnb that we made an overnight trip
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One of my first group activities with other kids in New Zealand was Surf Life Rookies Sunday Fun Day. Surf Life is an organization for kids to practice useful pre-lifeguarding skills and have a fun day in and near the water. Rookies is the thirteen year old group which I took part in. The first
Over the weekend Aleah, Mom, Dad, and I, plus Busia and Tee, left Auckland to see a bit more of New Zealand. The first activity we did together was to experience a Māori village. The Māori are the native people of New Zealand, although technically they arrived fairly recently, as recent as just 800 years
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Our week long visit to Moab, Utah was filled with fun experiences. During our time there I flew our new drone a lot and found it is a new favorite hobby of mine. We also went rock crawling for a day which made it quite a unique trip. The drone flying we did was
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Today, we pulled into the port of Kahului and wasted no time in starting our adventure. After renting a car, we headed straight to Haleakalā National Park. We stopped at both visitor centers, where we learned about the park’s unique features—like the amazing silversword plant, which only blooms once in its life before it dies.
While in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, you feel that you can see him at every corner. This town that Mozart left in favor of greater and more lucrative music cities, embraces him and honors his life and craft. We toured the house where he was born and first learned to play. It was a
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On our first day in Salzburg, Austria we each made verbal lists detailing three locations and or activities that we were interested in visiting. The top of my list contained visiting the ice cave way up in the mountains, our friends the Konons said it was a must see, so I took their advice seriously.
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