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Lakeview Holiday Park, Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand 6170km

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Today was a long day on the road. We covered 350km driving along the Scenic Southern Coastal Road. For most of the morning the weather was cloudy and very windy. It required a lot of work just to keep the RV straight on the road. (more…)

Newhaven Holiday Park, Surat Bay, South Island, New Zealand 5825km

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A beautiful sunny day in the Catlins began with the knowledge that we won’t be driving too much today. After a hearty breakfast with the grandparents, we took 10 steps from the campground to the beach and went to look for the hooker sea lions that inhabit the area. (more…)

Newhaven Holiday Park, Surat Bay, South Island, New Zealand 5755km

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The last 2 days were well spent mostly on the eastern coast, in a region known as Otago.

Kurow yesterday morning was bleak, cold and cloudy. Nonetheless we went on a river stroll right behind the campground, just to say we got our morning exercise. We drove along the Waitaki River towards Omaru, stopping once at “ancient” Maori Rock art from the 1840’s. It was hard to disagree with mom who said that her 4 year old grandson could draw better. (more…)

Kurow Holiday Park, Kurow, South Island, New Zealand 5325km

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Yiddish Word of the day – Shpatziren – To travel. That’s what my grandparents and parents did before they learned to speak Hebrew.

We spent the last 2 days in the Southern Alps, enjoying the views and the sunny warm weather. Yesterday we woke up to a damp and gray morning in Fairlie, but as we drove eastward the sky cleared up until we saw only blue. We stopped at Lake Tekapo for a breather and tasted the first glimpse of turquoise glacial water. At the second stop in Lake Pukaki, we stopped for lunch. The long and narrow lake is the terminus of some of the glaciers starting at Mt Cook and we could see the snow capped peak clearly from our vantage point. (more…)