Roger Haston

Dunedin — The Final Chapter

Well, our time in Dunedin has officially come to an end. We have enjoyed ourselves and taking care of Mr. Velcro. Emmitt, as mentioned before, has been an absolute joy to hang out with and we are definitely going to miss him. I think he will miss us too, but dogs just have a differentContinue reading “Dunedin — The Final Chapter”

Around Dunedin (part 2)

Well, our stay in Dunedin is coming to a close and it has been a truly lovely 6 weeks here. After the initial “oh crap, it’s colder than Scotland” weather in the beginning, we ended up with a very pleasant summer. At times it was even hot! Mr. Velcro has been totally awesome to hangContinue reading “Around Dunedin (part 2)”

Otago Central Rail Trail

One thing that has been on my list is the Otago Central Rail Trail, which runs from Middlemarch to Clyde in Central Otago. This is the original “Great Ride” in New Zealand. “The Rail Trail offers a superb recreational walking/cycling/riding experience for both holidaymakers and athletes. It extends 150 kilometres between Middlemarch and Clyde, acrossContinue reading “Otago Central Rail Trail”

Around Dunedin (part 1)

Our dog/house sitting gig is now about halfway completed and Mr. Velcro (a.k.a Emmitt) has us totally wrapped around his paw at this point. This, in general, is not a problem as we love him to death. Although, he is getting rather pushy about getting his morning walk. If it gets to be 9:30 andContinue reading “Around Dunedin (part 1)”

Mr. Velcro

We drove from Kaka Point to Dunedin to Amy and Brandon’s house where we would be house/dog sitting for the next 6 weeks while they were away in the US for work and holiday. We had met their dog Emmitt before when they had graciously allowed us to park our car at their house whileContinue reading “Mr. Velcro”

The Catlins

After our hike on the Routeburn, we had a few days to kill before heading to Dunedin for our dog/house sitting gig, so we decided to head down to the Catlins Coast. This is an area that I have never been to before, so I was excited to do a little exploring there. If youContinue reading “The Catlins”

Routeburn Track

Warning: This blog contains a lot of pictures I have lost track of how many tramps I have done in my life….not that I was actually counting….but let’s just say it has been a lot. I grew up with a redwood forest as my backyard and spent most of my youth rambling around the mountainsContinue reading “Routeburn Track”

Bike Trail Nirvana

Well, we managed to get our mountains of stuff to New Zealand and into the car. Further, my spiffy $9 suitcase made it all the way with out cracking open in the belly of the plane. In Hawaii, I did have a bit of a tense tête-à-tête with Annie over my lovely, if somewhat suspectContinue reading “Bike Trail Nirvana”

Omer Dokey!

I decided to take a bit of a hiatus on the blog while we were traveling around the States on this visit. A blog holiday, so to speak. Needed to refresh the humor. Now we are headed back to Kiwiland and are both excited about it. The cool thing was that it felt like weContinue reading “Omer Dokey!”

Aloha

Credit where credit is due. Annie took the beautiful banner picture for this page. Makes we want to go get a new iphone! After flying up to Auckland from Dunedin in the morning, we got to spend a very exciting day hanging around the Koru lounge at the airport. There was a later flight, butContinue reading “Aloha”