Monthly Archives: January 2010

~ penguins crossing ~

Taken beside the road along Scorching Bay (just outside of Wellington, New Zealand)

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~ no narking ~

Downtown Wellington, New Zealand

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~ Emo ~

An Emu walked right up to me and said hello. Lindale Park on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand

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~ taking the piss out of you ~

One of the best parts about this trip to see my big sis Shawnee in New Zealand is being able to hang out with my brother in law Jim Gilhooley. If you can’t tell by the last name, the bloke’s Scottish. He’s also hilarious. He’s constantly riding me about the bottomless pit that my stomach has...

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~ A wind blown Mary ~

The weather here has been moody (see previous post), but definitely nothing too temperamental. It’s been great walking around Queenstown while it’s warm and sunny out and then all of a sudden you get this blast of cool refreshing wind. Mary Ellen Williamson (Queenstown, New Zealand)

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~ Storm brewing over Milford Sound ~

Originally we were booked to take a cruise around New Zealand’s Milford Sound, but the morning of the cruise we received a phone call from Milford Tours saying that the cruise had been canceled due to some stormy weather heading in. They told us we could fly in (see previous post) if we left a...

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~ I’m on a plane ~

Mary and I chartered a tiny eight seater plane from Queenstown New Zealand to Milford Sound. I had no idea what a frightening experience that would be. The wind here is incredible at times and every now and then the plane would start shaking and hopping as we white knuckled it high over the most...

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