KiwiTrex

It’s a new year but it doesn’t feel like it. With the absence of family, holidays, and cold weather it still feels like late July. We’ve been spending our extended summer exploring the west coast of New Zealand’s south island. We have taken in some truly amazing scenery in the past few [...]

Pearl Jam was an amazing show. Turns out it was the last show of a nearly two year world tour which we actually witnessed the start of when we were working at Bonnaroo in 2008. Coincidentally enough it was at this performance where we first became inspired to plan our trip to New [...]

During our trip southward to Christchurch we camped out near the beach beside a beautiful mountain range. Just before we set up camp the sky was on fire! After witnessing an amazing sunset we went to bed early with the sounds of waves crashing and the occasional train whistle in the [...]

Since last update we have kept very busy. Summer season is getting underway and it’s warming up on the South Island. The towns are getting more crowded as tourists and local vacationers are pouring in from everywhere. We camped by the beach at Ruby Bay [...]

We have spent the past week WWOOFing outside of Nelson. Our hosts there were a nice couple and their teenage daughter. The setting there was incredible! The garden was just getting underway while we were there, but the outcome later this summer is sure to be amazing. Our accommodation was top [...]

After a briefly unpleasant run in with a brewery and avocado farm outside of New Plymouth, we decided it would be best to go ahead and get to the South Island of New Zealand. Our trip south took us through the capital city Wellington, across Cook’s straight, and through Picton. The ferry [...]

We spent our last days in Auckland test driving cars and eventually finding one to buy and drive for the rest of our trip. After trying out several Subarus, Hondas, and Toyotas, we finally settled on a Honda CR-V. After a full day of test-drives we knew we loved the CR-V (don’t [...]

In case you were wondering, yes we did land in New Zealand. We’re just catching our stride here in Auckland. We’ve been jetlagged and trying to figure out our surroundings for the past week. Unfortunately, it seems to be common practice here in Auckland to charge for internet so right now we’re [...]

I’m sure everyone is curious about what we’ve been up to the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately this last leg involved more driving than planned; we have managed to have some fun though.
Spending time in Eugene, Oregon, was like a breath of fresh air. Eugene is allot like Athens in some ways. [...]

On last update we were planning to go to Olympic Park and then to a concert at the Gorge Amphitheater. Well, after driving all the way around Seattle and into Olympic Park we decided there was too much of the park and coast that we wanted to see to spend our time driving back [...]