New Zealand Pics!

Back in Christchurch after driving around the entire South Island

Kaikora, New Zealand

Swimming with the dolphins in Kaikora. The dolphins loved to entertain us.

Fins to the left, fins to the right....

Gotta love dolphins...they swim so fast though I could not keep up with them



Hiking through Abel Tasman Park

The tide was so low at Abel Tasman, we needed a tractor to get us out to sea


City Slickers

Taking the leap from 13,000 feet over Abel Tasman Park

That's Kevin my tandem skydiver....we are getting ready to jump

Umbrella problems at the Pancake rocks

In front of the Pancake rocks

Fox Glacier, one of the only temperate glaciers in the world

I will let this photo speak for itself

Wanaka Puzzle Museum

Luge racing in Queenstown

Queenstown from above

Kepler Track -- we did a nine hour day hike through the forest and mountains there

Cool pic from Kepler

Summit of Mt. Luxmore at 4,500 feet after hiking for hours

This pic is perfect for my website, change in latitudes

The mirror mountains

Glaciers near Milford Sounds

Milford Sound, a unique fiord due to the glacier water which sits atop the salt water

Sea lions chilling at Milford Sound

Petrified forest at Curio Bay. This is actually a tree trunk but it is 100 million years old.

The sheep have blocked the road!

Slope point, the most southern point in mainland New Zealand

Baldwin Street, the steepest street in the world (Dunedin, NZ)

Chad is hard at work panning for gold. Believe it or not he found a gold nugget worth $150. Perhaps Chad has found a new calling.

Omaru, NZ, a cool little town where the people are so friendly

Mt. Cook from afar

The U.S. Antarctic program launches from Christchurch, New Zealand