Why not jam out on top of Ob hill?
only a little cold...
Another member of Bear Brothers is found... and strength tested... thanks natalie
I actually met jacob on the plane from Dallas to Sydney. He took one look at me and me one look at him and we both new the other was headed to Antarctica. We didn't look all that dissimilar to what we look like in this photo, simply shorter beards. Pleasure meeting you Jacob!
C-130, my ride back to NZ
Excited to see trees again!
USAP (United States Antarctic Program) people are in red. Kiwi (New Zealander program people) are in the orange and black.
Very roomy inside... and very very noisy!
Gear return...
Saying goodbye to Kirstie 
Last group photo before some of us split
Katie, Eric and I traveled together for about a week and as far as we know Katie only killed one bird. Really, this bird probably wasn't killed but committed suicide.
So it goes...
Why not camp next to a river as it pours into the ocean?
Absolutely... same river and ocean, simply now in morning light :)
Second night spent camping next to the ocean outside of Kaikura. Awesome time, though a bit wet...
Rain in the distance... would later become rain soaking through my clothes...
Met a man at a 2nd hand shop who when i told him I was from PA, he started singing Glenn Miller's song Pennsylvania 65000. We then bonded since i told him of my time touring with Glenn Miller and he told us of a live music venue in town called the Strawberry Tree. Quaint little place with a nice fireplace. Katie and Eric giving me equally disturbing looks while enjoying the music.
A fur Seal pup enjoying a dip. We read about a waterfall pool where seal pups swam in. Sort of a seal nursery. No seals in the pool except for this little guy further down stream. He was having a great time swimming and diving and twisting under water for the tourists.
Katie at the waterfall... no seal pups
A fun argument between eric and katie: E "Move forward, they will get out of the way." K "I don't know, the farmers right there." E "move" K "ahhhh" E "trust me" K "AAAHHHHH" made me laugh anyway... :)
katie and Eric rented a car from a company called Cheap and Cheerful... we later dubbed them Cheap and Fearful as the car was deciding to simply stop sometimes even when the gas was fully pushed... well despite car grumblings, we pushed through a long windy gravelly road in teh mountains to this beautiful and remote lake, Lake Tennyson. We spent two nights in the area and absolutely loved it! cold, but loved it!
Gorgeous morning
Such still water for a few minutes
Some sort of orchid!!!! I love flowers...
Katie and Eric taking in the views. Nice hike up and soon to be adventurous hike down. Notice all the skin showing on katie and eric... few hours later that was a wonderfully funny red... well again, funny to me
Incredible
katie and eric took the thorn bushed slope down, i took a thorn bushed wet slippery stream with hidden waterfalls everywhere. It was the most fun i've had in months!!! I was screaming and whooping with joy as i crawled along my belly at times to squeeze through the thorns and rocks.
And how bout after such an intense hike down one jump naked into a lake, am i right or what? notice i didn't put a naked photo up... you are welcome.
Eric about to ford dangerous water... not really, more like splash slowly through ankle deep refreshing water
A cabin we stayed in after the lake. Nice to have a roof over our head.
relaxin inside with a fire...
beautiful flowers with a phone line!
I love this photo. I think one can read many things into it :)
Crazy montanans found a hedgehog... a dead hedgehog
Last photo with these guys. They headed north and i headed south. I had blast traveling with them and hope we can meet up one last time before they take off for the states. Who knows where that will be.
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