Here we go again! We're off to visit Owen and Kelsea on the South Island of New Zealand. Our bags are packed (small carry ons), passports in hand, and house sitter notes complete (Hailey gets to stay home this time...).
So, how many people really know what a pack rat is? I always thought it was a term to describe someone who collects lots of “stuff”. Well boy was I wrong. We pulled into Karchner Caverns State Park late one afternoon and as we were trying to negotiate where and how to set up our camper on a very in- level site, we were visited by the camp host. He started with, “Hi folks. Have you ever camped her before?” “No,” we replied. Then he proceeded to tell us about the pack rats in the area asking us if we had lights for under the truck and camper. We didn’t. He said for 2 nights we might be okay. They come out at night and get into the engine compartment chewing the wires and make big nests. They can ruin your truck in no time. And with that he bid us a goodnight. For the next couple of hours we struggled to level our camper ultimately breaking the jack. Rick and I tried to fix it but darkness set in and we decided to leave and book a hotel for the night and getting a new jack in the mor...
Toured the doubtful sound in Fiordland today. Nothing doubtful about it. It was undoubtedly the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen! It’s so remote that we had to take an hour boat ride across a big lake, then a 1 hour bus ride over a pass through the rain forest and finally a three hour boat ride though the fiords. Then all that in reverse! Made friends with a Belgian couple who photo bombed our picture. We got a big chuckle out of this and jumped into their waterfall picture at the last minute! Check out the sheepish looking guy in the back…
After 36 hours of travel with 22 of those in the air we entered New Zealand excited and bleary eyed. Owen and Kelsey greeted us with big smiles and hugs! So happy to see them. Their van is amazing! Our view from our Chalet was unbelievable!
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