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Islands have always been special cases for ecologists who love to see how plants and animals change over landscapes Our whirlwind tour of...
There and Back Again
Over this past week we have been to a lot of Middle Earth filming locations and it has been so awesome. In the next paragraphs, I'm going...
Walls that Open
We have been in NZ for nearly two weeks and our days have quickly filled with new experiences and surprises. Rick did the majority of the...
Hairy Feet, Waikato
Yesterday Coulter, my dad and I went to see one of the filming locations for the first Hobbit (An Unexpected Jouney) . Since all the...
The Bay of Islands
Today, we went sailing and we fell asleep on the boat. We also went snorkeling and we had a really fun time. We were going to swim with...
Bob, the Little Blue Penguin
On December 30th we went on a boat to swim with the dolphins but we didn't see any. Instead we saw Bob ( Eliza and I named him) the...
Liahona Ward-Scocia Place, Auckland
This morning our family walked from the hotel to the Scocia Place chapel--one of the oldest LDS buildings in Auckland. Located just off...
Gateway to Middle Earth
Yesterday when we landed at the Auckland Airport we found this statue near the entrance. It is a dwarf statue--you can tell by the ax in...
Kia ora
Our family of six has finally made it to New Zealand--a dream come true! The 24-hour journey from Mapleton, Utah to Aukland was more...
