Seattle
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Granogue Cyclocross
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Grand Canyon
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Ireland 2005
Liffey River, Dublin
Kim & Evan on Ha' Penny Bridge
River Liffey, Dublin
Connemara cottage
The Cliffs of Moher
RGB Cliffs of Moher
Kylemore Castle, Connemara
Moneghan church
Devil Eyes
Not quite ready for battle
Kim in Connemara
Thatch Cottage, Connemara
Laura & Ed Bernard, Connemara
Kim & Ed, Dublin
Kim in Moneghan pub
Evan in front of family pub
Laura & Ed, Connemara
The Devil's Milk
Cliffs of Moher castle
hurricane winds on the cliffs
Kim and Laura seeking shelter
New Zealand 2006
Auckland Park
Cool trees
Big Tree and Kim
That thing was huge...look
WOW, big tree - little Kim
Ellicott Rd - in New Zealand!
We're everywhere!
Huka Falls
Amazing blue water everywhere in NZ
Huka Falls again
#1 most visited park in NZ
Whanganui River canoeing
In between storms
Whanganui valley
We are heading south after canoeing
Dry hills of NE south island
Very steep, windy roads too.
Sipping wine at B&B in Kaikoura
Beautiful town - great views - great B&B
Sea kayaking Kaikoura
seal colony
seals we kayaked out to in Kaikoura
Kim & Evan
Hard to see, but the mountains have snow still
Blue waters
Amazing lake near Southern Alps - you can see this lake in satellite imagery
taking pix of alps
wind was howling
Mt Cook national park
too much wind and snow to hike in as planned, so day hike had to do
Kea point
Overview of the convergence of two glaciers
Kim in Mt Cook park
E heading back down the valley
the long road
lots of driving to see everything
Wanaka
After Mt Cook we headed to this outdoors-y town
Routeburn Track
3 day backpacking
Heading up to first break
Nearing the Routeburn flats hut on our way up (steep) to the Routeburn falls hut
View of the valley
Taking a break on the burn
A view from our hut
Looking down the Routeburn valley from our hut for the night
Routeburn Falls hut
Looking North into Routeburn valley
Another look from the Falls hut
Lake MacKenzie
Through the pass - notice the people in the upper left for perspective
Uh oh - more rain and wind
Kim on the trail
Going through the pass Lake MacKenzie to the left (a glacial lake)
Darren Mountains
View from our 2nd hut - 3rd morning waking to clear skies - finally
MacKenzie Hut
and a clear morning
Starting day 3
Heading down to our last hut
Darren Mountains again
approximately 6000-7000 feet and less than 2km from the ocean
Kim and Darren Mtns
Cool sepia
View down the valley
Looking NE towards the Fiordlands - look closely - you can see the water
Cool falls
Couldn't hike under it - had to take a bail out trail that was very sketchy
Looking timid
The Shire?
No, a section of the trail called "The Orchard"
Swing bridge
This is really a fixed bridge, but there were tons of these and swing bridges
K&E and Darrens
Day 3 - clear skies
view from our hut
Sunrise from last hut
Howden lake next to our last hut - Howden hut - surprise!
Key Summit
An hour hike from Howden hut
View from Key Summit
7000' mountains and glacial lake or "tarn"
Milford Sound!
In fiordland national park - 1000' deep - carved by glaciers
Kayaking Milford
Mitre Peak in the background - 3000' feet, rising above the water
Sailing our Kayaks
We held our kayaks threw, through up a sail, and off we went
Here comes the rain
another storm from the Tasman Sea
Taking a break
Notice the water again - wow!
Milford Sound
Familiar view if you've seen LOTR
Kayaks on Milford beach
Lake Wanaka
northeast of Wanaka on our way to the west coast
Blue Pools
Fern
National symbol - this fern is waiting to unravel
Franz Josef glacier
View from short hike to a "knob"
Fox Glacier
Only 5km from the ocean
E in front of terminal moraine
300 meters deep
Lake Matheson
Also known as mirror lake, too windy, but still great views
Our bird
First load off
On the way to Fox Glacier
and there off...
Kim looking excited, scared?
Riding shotgun
View of Fox glacier
View from heli
Touchdown
On Fox
starting our guided glacier hike
Blue cave
E through another cave
our guide
Kim working through
Kim in the blue
caused by compression and only blue light being refracted to be distinguishable
View up Fox
13km long and dropping 2600 meters
Pancake Rocks
Blow holes in the rock caves
Water in...
crashing into the cave
water out
Fairwell Spit
northern most point of the south island - blowing wind, rain, and sand
Tongariro Crossing
6.5 hour hike passing active volcanoes, steaming vents, and crater lakes
Sunrise from Tongariro
starting our hike - you could see Mt Taranaki
Mt Ngauruhoe
"Mt Doom"
Evan in crater
Mt Ngauruhoe in the background
Steaming vents
this guy was waiting for the perfect picture of the green pool below
Kim and Evan on the Tongariro
one of the green lakes behind
Green lake and steam
Green lakes
hut and helicopter
A hut - notice the heli to the right - it was lifting in supplies
Kim coming down Tongariro
notice the steam from the crater to the right
Mtbing Rotorua
the diamondback trail - lots of fun
Our place in Rotorua
We stayed with a wonderful, friendly woman in shares her house with travelers
another view
Lake Rotorua in the background
Kim lounging
Great place to stay - Thanks Amiria
Biking
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Dublin Marathon
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