There was quite a long flight (8 and a half hours) from Auck­land to Hon­olulu, which took us from across the inter­na­tional date line. Jus­tine was very excited about gain­ing back her lost day which meant an extra day in … Con­tinue read­ing →

Leav­ing Syd­ney was bit­ter­sweet. The weather had changed, so it wasn’t quite like leav­ing par­adise, and we stayed in a hor­ri­ble hotel. Our flight was quite early the next morn­ing (~7 AM), get­ting us into Auck­land early in the after­noon. … Con­tinue read­ing →

We woke up from our lovely tent at the “King’s Canyon Wilder­ness Lodge”, or at least I did. Jus­tine slept in while I got up for a early morn­ing hike. Ear­lier, when I men­tioned where we were stay­ing, I didn’t … Con­tinue read­ing →