Final post - for now!

So this is the last night of our trip and I’m at least two entries behind.  I’ll try my best to bring the writings to a close when we return.  However, I don’t always have the best track record on that, so please forgive me if I don’t.  You’ve probably noticed that a lot of my entries weren’t edited, but I will definitely try to fix that part at least.  We also have tons of pictures to sift through upon our return and we'll post them somewhere.

For those of you that read along with us, thanks for joining us on our whirlwind tour of New Zealand’s North and South Islands.  We’ve already begun mapping out our return trip because we’ve had such a wonderful time with such fantastic weather almost the entire trip.  After only 1 day of rain during our 15 day stay, I’m not looking forward to several more weeks (maybe months) of rain back in the Northwest. 

Well, we have to finish packing and get to bed.  Enjoy some pictures of our last two days – A Milford Sound cruise and a day in Queenstown with a side trip to Glenorchy.  Both are stunningly beautiful locations.  Oh, and we finally got the kea encounter I wanted to have.  They really are pretty darn cheeky!