Received great news early in the spring of 2006 that our niece Jennifer and partner Dan were to be married in January 2007. The wedding is taking place in Vancouver and we are looking forward to making the trip to be with family and friends to enjoy the grand event.
Mary made the suggestion that we continue on to New Zealand for a long overdue holiday and the plans have been made and the airline tickets purchased. We will be away for approximately a month. I was there in April & May 2005 as part of a Rotary International Group Study Exchange and fell in love with the people and the greater Auckland area where we stayed. Mary has been very patient listening to all my stories and with our youngest child Shannon finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo its time for us to start to travel and do some of the things that have been put on hold for quite a while.
We are visiting friends in the Auckland area and have planned to do some hiking on some of the better known tracks. Plans right now include doing the Tongariro Crossing in National Park on the North Island, one day on the Queen Charlotte Track in the Picton area on the South Island and our much anticipated tramp on the Milford Track. This is a four day three night adventure over the Southern Alps with an overnight cruise on Milford Sound.
Its New Years day and we are less than three weeks away from flying to Vancouver to the wedding and their are lots of plans to make. The final countdown begins!
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