Sand-tastic Sand Dunes
The Te Paki (tee-pah-key) Sand Dunes are towering golden dunes that stretch for miles along the northwestern coast of the North Island. Each day hordes of tourists are bussed in […]
Category Archives: Adventure
Cape Reinga
Once we peeled ourselves away from the twin bays of the DOC’s Maitai Bay Campground, we made the 140 kilometer (90 mile) drive to Cape Reinga (ree-enga). Cape Reinga is […]
Hiking the Mahinepua Penisular
We awoke in Forest Pools to sunshine so we made a quick breakfast of scrambled eggs and crumpets (the British version of an English Muffin) and hit the road. As […]
From Behind the Falls
We woke up at the Department of Conservation (DOC) Whangaruru North campground still covered in a blanket of fog. After taking our first outdoor, and very cold, showers of the […]
The Falls of Whangarei
With Blue Rhino gassed up and ready to go, we headed two hours north to the little coastal city of Whangarei (fahnga-ray). It was a rainy, cool day so we […]
Blue Rhino
Buying a campervan in New Zealand is quite the endeavor. Although there is a market for it, it takes resourcefulness, stamina, and some street cred. We started shopping for vans […]
Kia Ora!
Kia ora from Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand! After spending half a day on an airplane, doing a bit of time-traveling via the International Date Line (IDL), and making a brief […]
Aotearoa
The day has come: our brief WOLOcation in the United States has come to an end and we are stuffing our bags with the last of our belongings as we […]
Farewell Friends
A few days ago we handed over our assignments, turned off our ‘work’ computers for the last time, and left our jobs. We’ve been riding the career train since we […]
It’s time to WOL-Out!
You know that saying: Out with the old, in with the new? Well, it’s time for us to do just that! Yep, for us, 2014 will be a year full […]
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