Good morning from sunny Queenstown! It is Friday morning, April 10th and we are all trying to adjust to the time change...After a long 13 hour flight from L.A. to Auckland, we were ready to stretch before our last two hour flight here. The flight from Auckland to Queenstown was spectacular...it gave a taste of the beautiful scenery we will get to see in the next two weeks. Hard to believe, but Scott has already rented a mountain bike and has left for an early ...

Just a quick note....we had a wonderful time in Milford Sound....we spent the night in Dunedin and drove a good portion of the day to make it here to Hanmer Springs. I will try and write more of a blog tomorrow when I've had a few cups of joe....what an incredible, fascinating country.