Goodbye to the Kiwis

(L to R:) Mark and Julie in Doubtful Sound at the camp site after a day of sea kayaking. The next morning we awoke to a family of dolphins swimming in this same spot.; The Wilmot Pass overlook giving us a nice picture of the area where we had been sea kayaking for the past two days; A glimpse of the glacial rock, Mt. Earnslaw, on our 3-day hike south of Queenstown; Getting closer to Mt. Earnslaw after a break for lunch; Waking up under our rock bivy in the morning with our hiking partner, Ardmore (our guide, Jo's, dog); Mark's death-defying canyoning trip where he abseiled and slid down rocks in whitewater rapids escaping with only 4 stitches in his elbow; Julie's less-harrowing Saturday spent at the Wanaka farm show watching the sheep dog competition and the Jack Russell Terrier race.

We say goodbye to New Zealand for a short while, or at least until we get to this side of the world again. A mere 11 hours from LAX, we will surely find ourselves here again in the future.