stories of a traveling wilderwoman
Three years ago, on March 19, 2020 we landed in Christchurch, New Zealand with a year long visa – planning to sit it out until “covid blew over.” We landed with 22 hours to spare, and they closed the border right behind us. Our two week traveler’s quarantine was extended by four more weeks of…
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I’ve never really been one to follow traditions, so rather than doing a welcome reception, we opted for a welcome ski day. We ended up having 55 people for the day and most of us stuck together for a lot of the day even though for the first part of the day it was 11…
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Since I started snowboarding in 2004, I knew I wanted a snowboarding bachelorette. For a very long time I never wanted to get married, but I always wanted a bachelorette. Luckily I found a man who changed my mind on the whole marriage thing and who happens to love snow as much as I do…
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During our 16-months of hunkering down in Aotearoa during the pandemic, we spent about 7 of them living in and around Queenstown and Wanaka at different points during our trip. Needless to say it became the heart of us while in Aotearoa and our kiwi built family resided there, so there is where we kept…
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Our plan when we entered New Zealand was to gain a more permanent visa and to settle down in land of the kiwi. We had been working with a lawyer on our application for 15 months whilst in the country and while we were in Auckland discussing going home we found out they didn’t “realize”…
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On our way to Auckland for our canyoning trip we decided a stop in Whakarewarewa Forest (Aotearoa’s Redwood Forest) for some mountain biking was called for. I’m so glad we made the call to stop for some exercise because this place is beautiful and the riding is so much fun! We only managed to snap…
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Wandering Wild 