This is Shannon amongst our packing pile. When she married me, I promised matching Coach luggage and Ritz-Carltons. What, this is it? A Dana pack and an REI tent...



Ah, the trip preparations continue, though I think we're just about done. Medicines, shoes, documents, visas, clothes... Now we're just looking at guidebooks, trying to learn a bit about New Zealand before we go. We walked 12 miles yesterday to break in Akhil's overkill boots and Shannon's reasonable hiking shoes.



Oh, I have to go, Shannon is reading a guidebook and has suddenly become excited about kangaroos.