Boo Patriots! From Wellington

Hey yall!

Well, its been a while but here we are in Wellington already, at the south tip of the nothern island of NZ. We are heading to the south island tomorrow, to try to reach a wine festival in marlborough valley on saturday.

We caught up with Jay and Ami (new yorkers), who are also holidaying down here. Hooray! Travel troop. We met up in tongariro national park a few days ago and have been doing some extreme hikes. We climbed the Ruapehu volcano, which was gigantic and arctic/moonscapey at the top, with lots of views of the Mt Doom volcano from lord of the rings movies. We got to ride a ski lift about a third of the way up, which was nice for meghan because she does not ski. Afterward meghan and I soaked our dogs in a hot water fueled cooler, simulating a redneck hot tub.

We are currently parked in a beachside camper park just north of town, where there are no waves whatsoever. I swam around a lot in the tasman sea though, which is freezing.

Meghan got her first taste of wrong-side driving in the camper and did quite well in the winding mountain roads.

Also, we heard the giants won the super bowl! Wooohooo! Please forward any and all pictures of bill bellicheck or tom brady crying at the game. Boo patriots!! Ha ha ha ha.

xoxo,
Ryan and Meghan


p.s. happy birthday soon Seth.
p.s. another gratuitous beer cozy photo!