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Wrightwinger Spillway in Europe... Neat!
 May 17 at 18:14 EST .
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Ynaught Tomorrow we leave for home from Auckland. I will miss this wonderful country and its incredible beauty and friendly people.
March 16 at 03:07 EST .
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Rake King And a loyal friend during WW11.
March 16 at 14:20 EST .
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Balogreene Welcome home Ynaught! Hope your trip was as magic as your pictures.
March 18 at 14:53 EST .
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Ynaught Mt. Cook, NZ's tallest peak - 14,000+ feet. So majestic and beautiful! We took a helicopter up to a snow field near Mt. Cook and got to play in the snow a bit. Living in coastal SC, we don't see snow much, so it is extra special for us!
March 10 at 03:48 EST .
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Rake King Keep the photos coming.
March 14 at 09:28 EST .
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Ynaught Pukekura is the smallest town in New Zealand with a population of 2! There the economy is well supported by the Bushman's Center where you can get a snack of whitebait, have a cup of coffee strong enough to melt a spoon, and visit a museum of things you won't ever want to see in the wild. I hope you can read the menu:
March 9 at 03:13 EST .
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Balogreene Wonderful menu.
March 10 at 13:58 EST .
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Ynaught Much of New Zealand is covered in ferns. Some are advocating changing the flag to feature a single fern frond.
March 7 at 11:41 EST .
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Rake King I've always loved ferns. For some reason there is usually silence or quiet around them as here you find most in some deep dark forest environment. Ynaught, I am really enjoying your posting from your trip. I am too old, and never got to go "down under". Iam seeing i from your eyes. Thanks.
March 9 at 08:38 EST .
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Ynaught You can't tell from this photo, but that fern "flower" is about 8 feet in diameter! I keep wanting to wander deeper into the forests here. There are no snakes or dangerous plants or spiders like in the movies, just gorgeous vegetation and bird sounds. I'm so glad you are enjoying my pictures!
March 10 at 03:53 EST .
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Ynaught In Fox and Franz Country - the west coast of the South Island has two glaciers, Fox and Franz Josef. We are in a wonderful B&B with this view of Franz -
March 7 at 11:37 EST .
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Balogreene Oh my, a B&B? You can look as much as you want? I'm jealous!
March 7 at 18:59 EST .
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Ynaught We took a helicopter ride up to a glacier in the Southern Alps and spent a few minutes walking around in the snow in the middle of NZ's summer. Flying back to Queenstown I was struck by how blue this glacial pond was. The color in the photo isn't quite as vibrant as in real life, but you can get an idea of it.
March 4 at 00:58 EST .
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Balogreene The greatest thing "The Lord of the Rings" did was interest us all in the scenery in NZ.
March 7 at 19:00 EST .
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Rake King Get prepared....all your neighbors who ran off to Florida for the winter, will soon be returning.
March 3 at 08:52 EST .
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BirdsNest Around here it is April when the "SnowBirds" head back North.
March 3 at 13:37 EST .
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Safetydude Then we get our streets back and can get a table at our favorite restaurant.
March 3 at 17:54 EST .
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Rake King Do you get any Spring Break maniacs in your area, or do you luckily miss that?
March 5 at 08:15 EST .
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Safetydude Yeah, because we're 30 minutes south of Sarasota and Siesta Beach and an hour, or so, south of Tampa, St. Pete and the Clearwater beaches we don't get a lot of the crazies like they do up in the Panhadle.
We do get a lot of children and grand-children visiting in our community and they tend to take over the pools but we adjust.
After April life gets back to 'normal'.
March 6 at 15:52 EST .
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Ynaught DH and I enjoyed a cocktail in an ice glass at an ice bar sitting on ice stools while in Queenstown, NZ at Minus 5 Degrees Ice Bar!
March 2 at 13:25 EST .
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Escaped commieny YE IKES! guess it wasn't a hot toddy !
March 2 at 19:39 EST .
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Balogreene Fun!
March 3 at 06:21 EST .
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Rake King A learning experience in how the Eskimo's live. I'd be okay, except for that "sitting on ice stools"...'IT" might never warm up again.
March 3 at 08:55 EST .
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BirdsNest Ynaught, I was JUST thinking about you and hoping there was some sort of update here, hope you are having the time of your life.
March 3 at 13:37 EST .
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Ole buzzard I was poking around one of my railroading sites this morning and stumbled across this. Combine my love of trains and mountain scenery, this will definitely be added to my bucket list.
http://mountainrailwv.com/
February 19 at 12:31 EST .
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Balogreene Thanks Buzz, that's close enough to home for a weekend.
March 3 at 06:28 EST .
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Ole buzzard The caboose getaway looks interesting.
March 3 at 08:39 EST .
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Balogreene Yeah, it does.
March 7 at 19:00 EST .
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