There's No Place Like Home

We made it.  Arrived today around 3:45 on the late 2:10 ferry.  It always looks good on paper but after 33 hours of traveling it was nice to pause overnight in B'ham for a break and a nice visit with Jan and Eric.  

And the today, driving into our driveway. 

Phew!!

It's still there. Home Sweet Home!

Heading Home

We survived the rental car and are now at Queenstown airport awaiting our flight to Auckland and then to Vancouver from there. 

See you all soon!

Last Day in Dunedin

This is Daryl - he keeps the streets and sidewalks of Dunedin clean with this mobile, self-propelled street vacuum.
He even let me try it out and I sucked up an unsightly dry leaf that was laying there on the sidewalk.

So today was our last full day here - tomorrow we drive to Queenstown and catch our flight home. Dunedin was a fun urban inner city experience. What a great time we've had but it will be good to get home too.

At the top of these stairs on Dowling Street, we found a cool used bookstore.

On the floor of this bookstore was some HO Train tracks running through mouse holes in the walls...

Packing For Home

I was afraid I wouldn't want to come home after being in New Zealand.  

But you wanna know a secret?   

There's No Place Like Home!!!!

 New Zealnd was fun, an awesome experience and I learned a lot about me but Friday Harbor is where my heart is!!

Kia Ora

NZ Fish n' Chips

I've tried all these new kinds of fish since I've been here in New Zealand.  And Yum!!!!! I haven't had a bad one yet.  I've also never heard of these fish before.  

I've had Brill, Gurnard, Monk and Blue Cod. Dee-Lish!!

Wildlife Tour

Today we went with a tour company and did the peninsula on the east side of Dunedin, home of lots of wildlife including fur seals, yellow eyed penguins, sea lions and the royal albatross. Here are some shots from our excursion:

Baldwin Street

Baldwin Street is the steepest street in the world.  It has a really interesting history, like a few competitions they do every year.  They roll numbered candies down the hill for one and race up and down it for another.  We had to see what it was all about and walk up it of course.  

Here is the url if you want to read more about it. 

http://www.dunedin.nz.com/baldwin-street.aspx