It’s getting geothermal in herre*

There’s a story in my family that my parents really enjoy telling when it’s time to demonstrate how adorably nerdy I was as a child.  I was eight or ten, we were on summer vacation in Michigan visiting the Great Lakes.  The beaches were very rocky, but all of the rocks were round and smooth, [...]

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Fun with Fur Seals (and another new hobby found)

Neither of us realized that it had been so long since our last post.  That’s kind of what happens here in New Zealand.  There’s just so much to do, and we’ve been so busy the last few weeks, that we didn’t even notice how long it had been. Before I get to the topic for [...]

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A Day of Wineries Makes Megan Speak Spanish

We spent part of last week in a little town called Blenheim in the north of the south island.  Blenheim and the surrounding area (called Marlborough) is known and famous for its many wineries.  There are 40 wineries within 6 miles of Blenheim.  That’s right, FORTY!!! So of course we had to spend a day [...]

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It Turns out that Walking on a Glacier is Pretty Cool

First,  since everyone has been asking, here’s a picture of the Spaceship (I’ll get some better ones of the inside and post them in our next post. When we were in Patagonia visiting glaciers on a regular basis, one thing we really wanted to do was hike on one.  Believe it  or not, taking part [...]

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Enjoying Road-Tripping

One of the best things about having Asteroid the Spaceship is being on a month-long road trip.  The fact that the views everywhere  in New Zealand are absolutely breathtaking also makes it that much sweeter. There are no Kansases or Illinois’ getting in the way.  With the whole country of New Zealand (both north and [...]

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