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This weekend, we had our first big snow of the winter. For those in the northern hemi, I am very jealous of your warmer weather because it is full on winter here in New Zealand. We only got about 6-8 inches but it covered everything. The snow canceled climbing for a few days but we found some good winter sports to entertain us. We tied ropes to the back of this little work truck and pulled snow boarders and mattresses through the fields at Flock Hill Station. It was too much fun. We got a little footage of the experience so we should have a little short video of our winter games. Here we are four days later and snow still covers most everything. We were able to boulder yesterday despite the snow. Most the rocks were dry, but the ground was either wet/slick grass or snow/ice mix. Needless to say, I busted a good number of times. I seem to have trouble walking. As long as we do not get anymore snow, it should be nonstop bouldering until we leave…..the friction is great in this weather.
Eric left for Christchurch last night to pick up Miss Sophie. He is really excited to say the least. I’m pretty psyched too. It will be nice to have another friend around. Because it was a surprise for Sophie, I couldn’t let anyone know until now….Eric bought a sweet red van. It is really cool. Huge red van with a bed in the back and a licence plate cover that says “Women love me, Fish fear Me.” It is pretty rad to say the least.
New Zealand is still treating us great. We’ve met heaps of people and have really enjoyed the climbing. With less than a month left, we are excited about South Africa, but will definitely really miss it here. Hopefully we’ll get most our projects done before we leave….if not, I’ll just have to come back….
Now that Eric is back from Wanaka, we’ll get some pics online soon so you can see how amazing it is here.
By the way, apparently we got our days of travel extremely confused….we somehow left out a whole month….this is why the huge skip to 320. We’re on the right mark now. Two months until our 1 year anneversary.
Taker Easy,
-Matt
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It has been crazy around here. I am indeed in Wanaka! I’ve been working on a vineyard, pruning buds, and preparing the vines for next season. It’s exhausting work since we start at sunup and quit at sundown. The hardest part is the cold. The ambient temperature is below freezing until around 10 in […]
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….that is if we actually travel for 500 days. As of now, I think I’m in for much longer. Not sure what Eric’s plans are going to be but I may add a little more before I make the journey home. It is funny how I had so many reservations and worries about this trip […]
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…..has been everything and more that I imagined it would be. It is truely an amazing country, and we really haven’t been anywhere but Christchurch, Castle Hill, and all the small towns in between. Let’s just say I am glad we caught our flight….because we almost didn’t. If you read our last post, we were […]
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Our time here in Oz has come to an end. A month and a half seemed to have flown by. It seems like just yesterday Eric and I were stuck in the Sydney Airport not knowing what our next move was going to be. Now we’re on our way back to the Sydney Airport with […]
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At least that’s what I think. Since spending two weeks in Arapiles, training for the main event mind you (even Matt did his first Trad lead in Araps … and his first trad lead ever was kachoong nonetheless!!!), we have traveled to the remote Aussie island known as Tasmania. Home to the Devil … the […]
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…..apparently attract Possums. Yes, there was another midnight foot biting crisis. I actually watched the whole thing go down. It was amazing!! Let me back up for just a second so you can have the background understanding……We got to Mt. Arapiles last Thursday. It was unbelievably hot, and that doesn’t even do it justice. You […]
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…were the main course of our first homecooked meal in Australia. After a boarderline epic in Sydney, which consisted of spending a lot of time in the Sydney airport using their free internet, hostels booked up, couchsurfing last minute, no car rentals available, and sleeping in the Airport, we made it to Melbourne and happily […]
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Oh soooooo much to talk about! It’s been awhile since we’ve written a blog so firstly we’d like to apologize for the hiatus. As most of you know, Matt and I took a break from our travels to celebrate the Holidays with our respective families and to work and make a little money before we […]
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….have been booked!! Well, at least most of the trip. As of 10 minutes ago (it is now 9:15 pm), we have officially bought tickets for our trip up to South Africa. We will be heading out on March the 3rd for Australia followed by New Zealand in mid-April. We’ll have […]
