I take it all back! Jocelyn will not be missed. Nope, not one bit. Not after the prank she played on me today that ended up with me having magic marker scribbled all over my right arm. To be honest, I could never see nor talk to her again and feel good about it. On [...]

Many of you might be wondering if I am going into this little adventure blind or not. Yes, I am going by myself, but I do have a couple contacts in New Zealand. One of which will even be picking me up from the airport. I told them I could take a bus to where [...]

Well, the final day of work finally came and went. It was hard during the last week or two for sure. A month notice was a nice gesture and gave the Y more time to find somebody to replace me, but I would recommend the two week notice for anyone else. It’s just so hard [...]

October 1, 2005 Ahhhh!….I’m finally here in New Zealand. It was a long trip over, but well worth it. I flew out of Denver at six o’clock at night on Sept.28, had a couple hour layover in LAX, and had a direct flight to Auckland from there (12.5 hours) arriving at six o’clock in the [...]

October 2, 2005  And Come Back Another Day!…….. This is the most water I have ever seen fall out of the sky. For the last two days there has been a constant flow of rain with light letups at times. The winter can’t seem decide if it wants to turn its job over to Spring [...]

I’d like to send a BIG THANKS to Kerry, Darrell, and Paige for being great hosts and providing a very warm welcome into this beautiful country of theirs, New Zealand. So thank you guys for all that you did to help me get situated and adjusted to life in another country!

First off, thanks to Heather and Ken who hosted me for a night last night up at their place in Bayly’s Beach, just outside of Dargaville. I came to know them through Kerry and Darrell and was invited to stop by for a night on my way up North. Plans changed, and I decided to [...]

…..A towel. Of all the things to forget I guess a towel isn’t all that bad. And since the hostel has a surplus of paper towels it’s not that big of deal. =)

Back in the greater Auckland area again. Had a nice trip up North to the Bay of Islands where the weather was a bit nice. I came to know quite a few other travelers passing through the area, but as all things come to an end we went our separate ways. I might meet up [...]

…than cruising down Highway 1 listening to TLC in a new set of wheels…Life is good. =) Especially when you got a ’91 Toyota Corolla to roll in.