Big Time Update

Wowzers time flies when you are having fun. Buller Fest happened about four weeks ago for the record, I just did not finally finish the post till today... but after this post/photo dump i should be all caught up!


Amy and I went to a Rugby game in Christchurch one Friday night with a bunch of Americans from Lincoln.

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with both our knowledge put together i think we understand about half of what is going on.

Amy spent some time over the past month doing the WWOOF program (willing workers on organic farms) while a stayed busy in school.

This is a sheep


on of the farm stays was right by the beach

cool white rock meets ocean


at one of the stays Amy got to help build a straw bail house


the finished product looks amazing

Another weekend saw Amy off to the Wildfoods festival in Hikiteka. I had a field trip for one of my classes and had to miss out on the fun.

Amy hopefully not eating any thing to wild...

Tree bark anyone...

Tastey Titties were cow utters...

While i slaved away at school Amy kept having fun. She went for a tramp up at Mt. Summers during one week.

the area is on the eastern side of the Alps so it is quite dry and un-green but still very pretty.


waterfall

one weekend Amy and I decided to mix it up and do a sunrise hike up Avalanche peak ( see previous post for more beta). it was an amazing sunrise looking down on the Alps, we eat breakfast, and enjoyed out time on the summit.

The sun thinking about coming up


Amy and I on top of a mountain at 6:00 am


New Zealand continues to produce some amazing pictures


first light on the Southern Alps


we went with a crew of people and some stopped to nap on the way down

another day another adventure. this time we went on the much talked up "cave stream" hike. which involved walking up a little creek in the depths of a very cool white limestone cave.

prepare to enter the giant hole in the wall


it was pitch black in side and headlamps were a must

crazy place