After a month and a half of traveling around on the South Island, Tyler and I sure have seen a lot of beautiful places. The South Island of New Zealand is strikingly different from the North Island in many ways,…
Surfing Camping in Kaikoura
Surfing Camping in Kaikoura After our 5 day great walk experience, we decided to take Lucy and the surfboards and post up for a couple of days in Kaikoura in hopes to get some surf as a new swell was…
Five Days on the Abel Tasman Great Walk ( and 5 things to know)
After two fun filled weeks with our parent tour group, we said goodbye to my parents and geared up to drive to Abel Tasman to complete the famous great walk. Doing a great walk while we lived in New Zealand…
Mom and Dad visit the South Island
I had trouble trying to come up with a name for this post about my parents and their good friends visiting Tyler and I for two weeks as we toured the South Island. The six of us rented a large…
Surf Sea You and Me Party of Three
On the road again, we’re traveling down the road again…… Wheeewwwww after landing back at the Auckland airport, Tyler and I have been on the road for the last month and a half. Actually if you do not count the…
Blue Spring, New Zealand’s Purest Water
As we come into the last week of being in the working world before taking off two months to go travel again, we have been trying to do as much local adventures as possible before we leave the Bay of…
Mahia to Mountains in 24 hours
As one of our last attempts to see as much of the North Island as possible before moving down south, we decided to take a couple days and drive down to the Mahia peninsula. Tyler has heard about some amazing…
Our last month on the North Island
New Year, new travel plans. As we go into our last month on the North Island Tyler and I have been relatively quiet on the travel front the last month and half while we replenish our bank account to move…
Day Trip to Omanawa Falls
A beautiful waterfall and swimming hole, and a absolute nightmare to find (or a fun adventure and workout depending on how you look at it) pretty much sums up a day trip to Omanawa Falls. A true locals spot because…
Completing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing with Team California
Completing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing with Team California Doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing has been on the New Zealand bucket list since I got to the North Island. And to be honest when I really think about it I am…