I'm a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. You can visit my homepage at http://www.glassner.com. http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/14-Andrew-on-Kepler/51200002_pBJVT-Ti.jpg http://andrewg.smugmug.com/ 2009-06-05T12:05:07Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A view of a piece of the Kaikoura Peninsula as the tide continues to recede.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210737_DkZRd" title="A view of a piece of the Kaikoura Peninsula as the tide continues to recede."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/39-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210737_DkZRd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="A view of a piece of the Kaikoura Peninsula as the tide continues to recede." title="A view of a piece of the Kaikoura Peninsula as the tide continues to recede." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:05:07Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/39-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210737_DkZRd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />This hearth is all that's left of an anonymous house on the Kaikoura Peninsula.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210734_oyuer" title="This hearth is all that's left of an anonymous house on the Kaikoura Peninsula."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/38-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210734_oyuer-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="This hearth is all that's left of an anonymous house on the Kaikoura Peninsula." title="This hearth is all that's left of an anonymous house on the Kaikoura Peninsula." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:43:09Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/38-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210734_oyuer-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />More fascinating rocks on Kaikoura Peninsula.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210731_v4Ewt" title="More fascinating rocks on Kaikoura Peninsula."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/37-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210731_v4Ewt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="81" alt="More fascinating rocks on Kaikoura Peninsula." title="More fascinating rocks on Kaikoura Peninsula." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:42:40Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/37-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210731_v4Ewt-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />These formations on the Kaikoura Peninsula reminded me of mountains. They're only about a foot high. In this image, the tide has been going out for a while.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210729_7aoMn" title="These formations on the Kaikoura Peninsula reminded me of mountains. They're only about a foot high. In this image, the tide has been going out for a while."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/36-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210729_7aoMn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="These formations on the Kaikoura Peninsula reminded me of mountains. They're only about a foot high. In this image, the tide has been going out for a while." title="These formations on the Kaikoura Peninsula reminded me of mountains. They're only about a foot high. In this image, the tide has been going out for a while." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:59:58Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/36-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210729_7aoMn-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />As the tide recedes, the Kaikoura Peninsula reveals a surprising variety of creatures scurrying for cover, and an equal number of other creatures chasing after them, hoping to catch them bef ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210727_J4GzR" title="As the tide recedes, the Kaikoura Peninsula reveals a surprising variety of creatures scurrying for cover, and an equal number of other creatures chasing after them, hoping to catch them bef ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/35-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210727_J4GzR-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="As the tide recedes, the Kaikoura Peninsula reveals a surprising variety of creatures scurrying for cover, and an equal number of other creatures chasing after them, hoping to catch them bef ..." title="As the tide recedes, the Kaikoura Peninsula reveals a surprising variety of creatures scurrying for cover, and an equal number of other creatures chasing after them, hoping to catch them bef ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:01:24Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/35-Kaikoura-peninsula/51210727_J4GzR-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />You can indeed climb up Sugarloaf, though it's a bit of a scramble. Here's a view looking back at the cliffs and out on the water from the top of Sugarloaf.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210724_nsxpD" title="You can indeed climb up Sugarloaf, though it's a bit of a scramble. Here's a view looking back at the cliffs and out on the water from the top of Sugarloaf."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/34-View-from-Sugarloaf/51210724_nsxpD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt="You can indeed climb up Sugarloaf, though it's a bit of a scramble. Here's a view looking back at the cliffs and out on the water from the top of Sugarloaf." title="You can indeed climb up Sugarloaf, though it's a bit of a scramble. Here's a view looking back at the cliffs and out on the water from the top of Sugarloaf." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:46:42Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/34-View-from-Sugarloaf/51210724_nsxpD-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The Cliff Walk on the Kaikoura Peninsula starts off along the cliff, and then descends to the water. You can walk back to the start along the water when it's low tide (as it is in this imag ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210720_rxEdS" title="The Cliff Walk on the Kaikoura Peninsula starts off along the cliff, and then descends to the water. You can walk back to the start along the water when it's low tide (as it is in this imag ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/33-Sugarloaf/51210720_rxEdS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="69" alt="The Cliff Walk on the Kaikoura Peninsula starts off along the cliff, and then descends to the water. You can walk back to the start along the water when it's low tide (as it is in this imag ..." title="The Cliff Walk on the Kaikoura Peninsula starts off along the cliff, and then descends to the water. You can walk back to the start along the water when it's low tide (as it is in this imag ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:54:46Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/33-Sugarloaf/51210720_rxEdS-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A wire sculpture called "Echoes" hanging in mid-air in the Christchurch Center for the Arts. It's not planar - some of the wires extend behind the front face. As you walk around it the per ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210717_qrMvS" title="A wire sculpture called "Echoes" hanging in mid-air in the Christchurch Center for the Arts. It's not planar - some of the wires extend behind the front face. As you walk around it the per ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/31-Echo-in-CCAC/51210717_qrMvS-Th.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="A wire sculpture called "Echoes" hanging in mid-air in the Christchurch Center for the Arts. It's not planar - some of the wires extend behind the front face. As you walk around it the per ..." title="A wire sculpture called "Echoes" hanging in mid-air in the Christchurch Center for the Arts. It's not planar - some of the wires extend behind the front face. As you walk around it the per ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:52:20Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/31-Echo-in-CCAC/51210717_qrMvS-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />In the Christchurch Botanical Gardens I saw this sculpture and loved it. I crossed over the nearby river to get a closer look. It's a water fountain! The bubbler is above the bird's head. ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210713_6Uovs" title="In the Christchurch Botanical Gardens I saw this sculpture and loved it. I crossed over the nearby river to get a closer look. It's a water fountain! The bubbler is above the bird's head. ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/30-CC-Bot-Gdn/51210713_6Uovs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="130" alt="In the Christchurch Botanical Gardens I saw this sculpture and loved it. I crossed over the nearby river to get a closer look. It's a water fountain! The bubbler is above the bird's head. ..." title="In the Christchurch Botanical Gardens I saw this sculpture and loved it. I crossed over the nearby river to get a closer look. It's a water fountain! The bubbler is above the bird's head. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:46:35Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/30-CC-Bot-Gdn/51210713_6Uovs-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A view of Akaroa from the trail.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210710_izdXg" title="A view of Akaroa from the trail."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/28-Akaroa/51210710_izdXg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt="A view of Akaroa from the trail." title="A view of Akaroa from the trail." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:42:09Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/28-Akaroa/51210710_izdXg-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Andrew with the swell ladies of Tree Crop Farm.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210706_di2ks" title="Andrew with the swell ladies of Tree Crop Farm."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/27-Tree-Farm/51210706_di2ks-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Andrew with the swell ladies of Tree Crop Farm." title="Andrew with the swell ladies of Tree Crop Farm." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:40:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/27-Tree-Farm/51210706_di2ks-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The trail above Akaroa leads you around to the sheep and people of Tree Crop Farm, a small B&B/herb farm/sheep farm. Here are the happy hippies that live there. Lynne, second from the left ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210705_7pAC3" title="The trail above Akaroa leads you around to the sheep and people of Tree Crop Farm, a small B&B/herb farm/sheep farm. Here are the happy hippies that live there. Lynne, second from the left ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/26-Tree-Farm/51210705_7pAC3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="The trail above Akaroa leads you around to the sheep and people of Tree Crop Farm, a small B&B/herb farm/sheep farm. Here are the happy hippies that live there. Lynne, second from the left ..." title="The trail above Akaroa leads you around to the sheep and people of Tree Crop Farm, a small B&B/herb farm/sheep farm. Here are the happy hippies that live there. Lynne, second from the left ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T15:38:03Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/26-Tree-Farm/51210705_7pAC3-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The trail began at water level, but rose to this nice view of Akaroa.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210704_MFuA7" title="The trail began at water level, but rose to this nice view of Akaroa."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/25-Akaroa/51210704_MFuA7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="79" alt="The trail began at water level, but rose to this nice view of Akaroa." title="The trail began at water level, but rose to this nice view of Akaroa." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:49:51Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/25-Akaroa/51210704_MFuA7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />On a trail above Akaroa, next to a sheep station, I saw this little sign all by itself, just hanging there.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210703_yQmmV" title="On a trail above Akaroa, next to a sheep station, I saw this little sign all by itself, just hanging there."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/24-Above-Akaroa/51210703_yQmmV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="On a trail above Akaroa, next to a sheep station, I saw this little sign all by itself, just hanging there." title="On a trail above Akaroa, next to a sheep station, I saw this little sign all by itself, just hanging there." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:57:23Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/24-Above-Akaroa/51210703_yQmmV-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Sheep! Have I mentioned that New Zealand has more than a few sheep?</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210701_g7i4h" title="Sheep! Have I mentioned that New Zealand has more than a few sheep?"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/23b-Mellow-sheep/51210701_g7i4h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Sheep! Have I mentioned that New Zealand has more than a few sheep?" title="Sheep! Have I mentioned that New Zealand has more than a few sheep?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:08:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/23b-Mellow-sheep/51210701_g7i4h-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A lone tree above Akaora.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210700_diESC" title="A lone tree above Akaora."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/23a-Lone-tree/51210700_diESC-Th.jpg" width="93" height="150" alt="A lone tree above Akaora." title="A lone tree above Akaora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:55:35Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/23a-Lone-tree/51210700_diESC-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Near the end of my bushwhacking I found this beautiful low woodland. It was like a prize after a grueling fight!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210699_TygGe" title="Near the end of my bushwhacking I found this beautiful low woodland. It was like a prize after a grueling fight!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22g-Scrub-woods/51210699_TygGe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Near the end of my bushwhacking I found this beautiful low woodland. It was like a prize after a grueling fight!" title="Near the end of my bushwhacking I found this beautiful low woodland. It was like a prize after a grueling fight!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T14:36:08Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22g-Scrub-woods/51210699_TygGe-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The scrub as I bushwhacked across Farewell Spit. There were razor-edged plants, pointy plants, stinging plants, spiky plants, barbed plants, poking plants, and others that were combinations ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210698_CsL7W" title="The scrub as I bushwhacked across Farewell Spit. There were razor-edged plants, pointy plants, stinging plants, spiky plants, barbed plants, poking plants, and others that were combinations ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22f-Spit-scrub/51210698_CsL7W-Th.jpg" width="150" height="69" alt="The scrub as I bushwhacked across Farewell Spit. There were razor-edged plants, pointy plants, stinging plants, spiky plants, barbed plants, poking plants, and others that were combinations ..." title="The scrub as I bushwhacked across Farewell Spit. There were razor-edged plants, pointy plants, stinging plants, spiky plants, barbed plants, poking plants, and others that were combinations ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T13:30:21Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22f-Spit-scrub/51210698_CsL7W-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The scrub that I had to cross to get from the west side of Farewell Spit to the east side. There was probably a path somewhere, but I couldn't find it. It's a much bigger distance than it ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210697_joEqy" title="The scrub that I had to cross to get from the west side of Farewell Spit to the east side. There was probably a path somewhere, but I couldn't find it. It's a much bigger distance than it ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22e-Spit-scrub/51210697_joEqy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="72" alt="The scrub that I had to cross to get from the west side of Farewell Spit to the east side. There was probably a path somewhere, but I couldn't find it. It's a much bigger distance than it ..." title="The scrub that I had to cross to get from the west side of Farewell Spit to the east side. There was probably a path somewhere, but I couldn't find it. It's a much bigger distance than it ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:31:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22e-Spit-scrub/51210697_joEqy-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />I saw some people walking ahead of me on Farewell Spit. The land is very flat - these people are very, very far away.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210696_pN27G" title="I saw some people walking ahead of me on Farewell Spit. The land is very flat - these people are very, very far away."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22d-Spit-follow/51210696_pN27G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="39" alt="I saw some people walking ahead of me on Farewell Spit. The land is very flat - these people are very, very far away." title="I saw some people walking ahead of me on Farewell Spit. The land is very flat - these people are very, very far away." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:45:47Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22d-Spit-follow/51210696_pN27G-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The beach on the west side of Farewell Spit.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210695_tRfGM" title="The beach on the west side of Farewell Spit."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22c-Spit-beach/51210695_tRfGM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="56" alt="The beach on the west side of Farewell Spit." title="The beach on the west side of Farewell Spit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:41:54Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22c-Spit-beach/51210695_tRfGM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit. The dunes were carved by the wind into amazing and beautiful patterns and shapes.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210692_g66Tn" title="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit. The dunes were carved by the wind into amazing and beautiful patterns and shapes."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22b-Spit-dunes/51210692_g66Tn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit. The dunes were carved by the wind into amazing and beautiful patterns and shapes." title="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit. The dunes were carved by the wind into amazing and beautiful patterns and shapes." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:08:17Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22b-Spit-dunes/51210692_g66Tn-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210690_UbMVh" title="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22a-Spit-dunes/51210690_UbMVh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit." title="The sand dunes on the west side of Farewell Spit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:45:10Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/22a-Spit-dunes/51210690_UbMVh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit. My little disposable camera was taking quite a beating from the wind and flying sand. The splotch in the upper right is probably a c ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210688_DMqTB" title="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit. My little disposable camera was taking quite a beating from the wind and flying sand. The splotch in the upper right is probably a c ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/21-Dune-texture/51210688_DMqTB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit. My little disposable camera was taking quite a beating from the wind and flying sand. The splotch in the upper right is probably a c ..." title="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit. My little disposable camera was taking quite a beating from the wind and flying sand. The splotch in the upper right is probably a c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:40:28Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/21-Dune-texture/51210688_DMqTB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210685_RdAqs" title="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/20-Dune-flows/51210685_RdAqs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="93" alt="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit." title="Patterns in the sand on the west side of Farewell Spit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:34:49Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/20-Dune-flows/51210685_RdAqs-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Looking back across the estuary at Farewell Spit. I started at the land in the far distance. It's low tide in this image; at high tide everything to the left is flooded.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210683_Z7rPx" title="Looking back across the estuary at Farewell Spit. I started at the land in the far distance. It's low tide in this image; at high tide everything to the left is flooded."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/19-Farewell-Spit-estuary/51210683_Z7rPx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="60" alt="Looking back across the estuary at Farewell Spit. I started at the land in the far distance. It's low tide in this image; at high tide everything to the left is flooded." title="Looking back across the estuary at Farewell Spit. I started at the land in the far distance. It's low tide in this image; at high tide everything to the left is flooded." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:41:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/19-Farewell-Spit-estuary/51210683_Z7rPx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />An old tree trunk by the side of the road, carved into a watchful face.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210681_oKNxx" title="An old tree trunk by the side of the road, carved into a watchful face."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/18-Big-head/51210681_oKNxx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="79" alt="An old tree trunk by the side of the road, carved into a watchful face." title="An old tree trunk by the side of the road, carved into a watchful face." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:48:24Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/18-Big-head/51210681_oKNxx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The view out into the Tasman Sea from Bark Bay on the Abel Tasman Track. I spent Christmas Eve in the Bark Bay Hut. As evening fell, I joined some new friends around a campfire in the camp ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210680_anaZ5" title="The view out into the Tasman Sea from Bark Bay on the Abel Tasman Track. I spent Christmas Eve in the Bark Bay Hut. As evening fell, I joined some new friends around a campfire in the camp ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/17-Bark-Bay-view/51210680_anaZ5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="47" alt="The view out into the Tasman Sea from Bark Bay on the Abel Tasman Track. I spent Christmas Eve in the Bark Bay Hut. As evening fell, I joined some new friends around a campfire in the camp ..." title="The view out into the Tasman Sea from Bark Bay on the Abel Tasman Track. I spent Christmas Eve in the Bark Bay Hut. As evening fell, I joined some new friends around a campfire in the camp ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:39:20Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/17-Bark-Bay-view/51210680_anaZ5-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Woods along the Abel Tasman Track.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210678_sTUoc" title="Woods along the Abel Tasman Track."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/16-Mystish/51210678_sTUoc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Woods along the Abel Tasman Track." title="Woods along the Abel Tasman Track." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:55:34Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/16-Mystish/51210678_sTUoc-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />An estuary along the Abel Tasman Track. This privately-owned boat isn't stranded. When the tide comes in, it will be floating high on 4 or 5 meters of water. Every day the estuary floods ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210677_ws5BM" title="An estuary along the Abel Tasman Track. This privately-owned boat isn't stranded. When the tide comes in, it will be floating high on 4 or 5 meters of water. Every day the estuary floods ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/15-Estuary/51210677_ws5BM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt="An estuary along the Abel Tasman Track. This privately-owned boat isn't stranded. When the tide comes in, it will be floating high on 4 or 5 meters of water. Every day the estuary floods ..." title="An estuary along the Abel Tasman Track. This privately-owned boat isn't stranded. When the tide comes in, it will be floating high on 4 or 5 meters of water. Every day the estuary floods ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:58:21Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/15-Estuary/51210677_ws5BM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A beach on the Abel Tasman Track. I'd call this the perfect beach, except that along the Abel Tasman there are lots of these, each as appealing as the one before, but perfect in its own way ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210674_dCr5k" title="A beach on the Abel Tasman Track. I'd call this the perfect beach, except that along the Abel Tasman there are lots of these, each as appealing as the one before, but perfect in its own way ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/14-AT-Beach/51210674_dCr5k-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="A beach on the Abel Tasman Track. I'd call this the perfect beach, except that along the Abel Tasman there are lots of these, each as appealing as the one before, but perfect in its own way ..." title="A beach on the Abel Tasman Track. I'd call this the perfect beach, except that along the Abel Tasman there are lots of these, each as appealing as the one before, but perfect in its own way ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:33:44Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/14-AT-Beach/51210674_dCr5k-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />This is the little cove where I sat for a half-hour on Truman Beach. Note the water line: the waves were just barely trickling up to that point. When I got up to return to my car, I rolled ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210671_Qkqda" title="This is the little cove where I sat for a half-hour on Truman Beach. Note the water line: the waves were just barely trickling up to that point. When I got up to return to my car, I rolled ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/13-My-Cove/51210671_Qkqda-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="This is the little cove where I sat for a half-hour on Truman Beach. Note the water line: the waves were just barely trickling up to that point. When I got up to return to my car, I rolled ..." title="This is the little cove where I sat for a half-hour on Truman Beach. Note the water line: the waves were just barely trickling up to that point. When I got up to return to my car, I rolled ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:00:34Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/13-My-Cove/51210671_Qkqda-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210670_mVzxp" title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/12-Truman-Beach/51210670_mVzxp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="145" alt="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:36:14Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/12-Truman-Beach/51210670_mVzxp-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210667_KgDrv" title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/11-Truman-Beach/51210667_KgDrv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T14:54:26Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/11-Truman-Beach/51210667_KgDrv-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210665_yNAAM" title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/10-Truman-Beach/51210665_yNAAM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." title="Some rock formations carved by the water on Truman Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:47:00Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/10-Truman-Beach/51210665_yNAAM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />This beach is at the end of the Truman Track. I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was funny. Hubris! This beach IS dangerous! But not the way I thought at the time.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210663_cCo6x" title="This beach is at the end of the Truman Track. I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was funny. Hubris! This beach IS dangerous! But not the way I thought at the time."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/09-Truman-Beach/51210663_cCo6x-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="This beach is at the end of the Truman Track. I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was funny. Hubris! This beach IS dangerous! But not the way I thought at the time." title="This beach is at the end of the Truman Track. I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was funny. Hubris! This beach IS dangerous! But not the way I thought at the time." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:55:45Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/09-Truman-Beach/51210663_cCo6x-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Trees on the west coast and a small house far away on the beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210658_E8Hyw" title="Trees on the west coast and a small house far away on the beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/08b-West-Coast/51210658_E8Hyw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="56" alt="Trees on the west coast and a small house far away on the beach." title="Trees on the west coast and a small house far away on the beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:00:31Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/08b-West-Coast/51210658_E8Hyw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Do toilets in the southern hemisphere really flush in the opposite direction than those in the northern hemisphere? Yes, if the water injector is placed on the other side of the bowl!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210657_nazVu" title="Do toilets in the southern hemisphere really flush in the opposite direction than those in the northern hemisphere? Yes, if the water injector is placed on the other side of the bowl!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/08a-For-Jen/51210657_nazVu-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Do toilets in the southern hemisphere really flush in the opposite direction than those in the northern hemisphere? Yes, if the water injector is placed on the other side of the bowl!" title="Do toilets in the southern hemisphere really flush in the opposite direction than those in the northern hemisphere? Yes, if the water injector is placed on the other side of the bowl!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:58:25Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/08a-For-Jen/51210657_nazVu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Some trees enjoying the sun on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210653_jh5mf" title="Some trees enjoying the sun on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/07-West-Coast/51210653_jh5mf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="58" alt="Some trees enjoying the sun on the west coast." title="Some trees enjoying the sun on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:34:18Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/07-West-Coast/51210653_jh5mf-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A flower sunning itself on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210652_YJvNQ" title="A flower sunning itself on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/06b-Flower/51210652_YJvNQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="A flower sunning itself on the west coast." title="A flower sunning itself on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:52:10Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/06b-Flower/51210652_YJvNQ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />I saw these little Dr. Seuss-like sculptures in a shop window. I think they're clay, but they're airbrushed rather than glazed.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210648_tz9iz" title="I saw these little Dr. Seuss-like sculptures in a shop window. I think they're clay, but they're airbrushed rather than glazed."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/06a-Art-1/51210648_tz9iz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="I saw these little Dr. Seuss-like sculptures in a shop window. I think they're clay, but they're airbrushed rather than glazed." title="I saw these little Dr. Seuss-like sculptures in a shop window. I think they're clay, but they're airbrushed rather than glazed." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T15:07:32Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/06a-Art-1/51210648_tz9iz-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A close-up of the coal-fired boiler.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210645_3aHct" title="A close-up of the coal-fired boiler."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/05-Engine-Cab/51210645_3aHct-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="A close-up of the coal-fired boiler." title="A close-up of the coal-fired boiler." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:35:49Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/05-Engine-Cab/51210645_3aHct-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Some of the controls in the locomotive.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210643_2SGuu" title="Some of the controls in the locomotive."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/04-Engine-Cab/51210643_2SGuu-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Some of the controls in the locomotive." title="Some of the controls in the locomotive." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:36:37Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/04-Engine-Cab/51210643_2SGuu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The inside of the cab of an old coal-powered locomotive. This locomotive runs on a short track (about a mile) at a tourist attraction called Shantytown, which is a historical reconstruction ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210642_2iXP6" title="The inside of the cab of an old coal-powered locomotive. This locomotive runs on a short track (about a mile) at a tourist attraction called Shantytown, which is a historical reconstruction ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/03-Engine-Cab/51210642_2iXP6-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The inside of the cab of an old coal-powered locomotive. This locomotive runs on a short track (about a mile) at a tourist attraction called Shantytown, which is a historical reconstruction ..." title="The inside of the cab of an old coal-powered locomotive. This locomotive runs on a short track (about a mile) at a tourist attraction called Shantytown, which is a historical reconstruction ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T14:19:53Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/03-Engine-Cab/51210642_2iXP6-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />This is a great sign. It tells you everything you need to know, and it also lets you know it's not kidding. This is just great graphic design.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210637_odYcu" title="This is a great sign. It tells you everything you need to know, and it also lets you know it's not kidding. This is just great graphic design."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/02-Bike-Crossing/51210637_odYcu-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="This is a great sign. It tells you everything you need to know, and it also lets you know it's not kidding. This is just great graphic design." title="This is a great sign. It tells you everything you need to know, and it also lets you know it's not kidding. This is just great graphic design." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:14:48Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/02-Bike-Crossing/51210637_odYcu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />This is on the approach to one of New Zealand's many one-way bridges. It's reasonable that trains should be exempt from right-of-way issues - I'm happy to defer to trains. But I love the g ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/1100871_HFoRM#51210634_euyD2" title="This is on the approach to one of New Zealand's many one-way bridges. It's reasonable that trains should be exempt from right-of-way issues - I'm happy to defer to trains. But I love the g ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/01-RR-Crossing/51210634_euyD2-Th.jpg" width="95" height="150" alt="This is on the approach to one of New Zealand's many one-way bridges. It's reasonable that trains should be exempt from right-of-way issues - I'm happy to defer to trains. But I love the g ..." title="This is on the approach to one of New Zealand's many one-way bridges. It's reasonable that trains should be exempt from right-of-way issues - I'm happy to defer to trains. But I love the g ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:55:34Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/7-Akaroa/01-RR-Crossing/51210634_euyD2-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207826_XUExA" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/32-Bruce-Beach-7/51207826_XUExA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:43:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/32-Bruce-Beach-7/51207826_XUExA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207824_QKmGU" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/31-Bruce-Beach-6/51207824_QKmGU-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:53:12Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/31-Bruce-Beach-6/51207824_QKmGU-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207821_pgTF2" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/30-Bruce-Beach-5/51207821_pgTF2-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:08:46Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/30-Bruce-Beach-5/51207821_pgTF2-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207820_9JvXx" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/29-Bruce-Beach-4/51207820_9JvXx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:46:15Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/29-Bruce-Beach-4/51207820_9JvXx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207817_SPc8G" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/28-Bruce-Beach-3/51207817_SPc8G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="145" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:33:36Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/28-Bruce-Beach-3/51207817_SPc8G-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207813_dDwzN" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/27-Bruce-Beach-2/51207813_dDwzN-Th.jpg" width="115" height="150" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:35:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/27-Bruce-Beach-2/51207813_dDwzN-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Stones washed up on Bruce Beach. This is a gorgeous beach covered with these richly-textured stones. It's also sandfly heaven: tiny little stinging insects that make you itch and scratch l ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207810_qRoCP" title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach. This is a gorgeous beach covered with these richly-textured stones. It's also sandfly heaven: tiny little stinging insects that make you itch and scratch l ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/26-Bruce-Beach-1/51207810_qRoCP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach. This is a gorgeous beach covered with these richly-textured stones. It's also sandfly heaven: tiny little stinging insects that make you itch and scratch l ..." title="Stones washed up on Bruce Beach. This is a gorgeous beach covered with these richly-textured stones. It's also sandfly heaven: tiny little stinging insects that make you itch and scratch l ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:34:31Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/26-Bruce-Beach-1/51207810_qRoCP-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207807_NAqE4" title="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/25-Bruce-Beach/51207807_NAqE4-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach." title="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:42:36Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/25-Bruce-Beach/51207807_NAqE4-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207806_PrVdb" title="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/24-Bruce-Beach/51207806_PrVdb-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach." title="A gorgeous stone texture on Bruce Beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T15:24:01Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/24-Bruce-Beach/51207806_PrVdb-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The finished pendant!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207804_LBxdM" title="The finished pendant!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/23-Final-pendant/51207804_LBxdM-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The finished pendant!" title="The finished pendant!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:27:43Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/23-Final-pendant/51207804_LBxdM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Andrew at work. Drill, drill, drill. Now spit.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207803_en7Hq" title="Andrew at work. Drill, drill, drill. Now spit."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/22-Andrew-at-work/51207803_en7Hq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Andrew at work. Drill, drill, drill. Now spit." title="Andrew at work. Drill, drill, drill. Now spit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T14:56:58Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/22-Andrew-at-work/51207803_en7Hq-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Happy Andrew in his carving gear. I also had a face mask to prevent dust from going in my nose and mouth, and I wore a big smock to keep my shirt clean. The smock only kind-of worked; when ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207801_TBHbX" title="Happy Andrew in his carving gear. I also had a face mask to prevent dust from going in my nose and mouth, and I wore a big smock to keep my shirt clean. The smock only kind-of worked; when ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/21-Andrew-in-the-shop/51207801_TBHbX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Happy Andrew in his carving gear. I also had a face mask to prevent dust from going in my nose and mouth, and I wore a big smock to keep my shirt clean. The smock only kind-of worked; when ..." title="Happy Andrew in his carving gear. I also had a face mask to prevent dust from going in my nose and mouth, and I wore a big smock to keep my shirt clean. The smock only kind-of worked; when ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:53:11Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/21-Andrew-in-the-shop/51207801_TBHbX-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The pendant with holes and the original paper template for reference. Hey, maybe this is going to work!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207800_s5Qq7" title="The pendant with holes and the original paper template for reference. Hey, maybe this is going to work!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/20-Template-and-bone/51207800_s5Qq7-Th.jpg" width="121" height="150" alt="The pendant with holes and the original paper template for reference. Hey, maybe this is going to work!" title="The pendant with holes and the original paper template for reference. Hey, maybe this is going to work!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:46:33Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/20-Template-and-bone/51207800_s5Qq7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The hand drill with a fresh bit is at the top of the image. Just below the bit are the two pieces of the bit I just broke. The drill bits are not terribly strong and not terribly sharp, so ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207798_b2NNk" title="The hand drill with a fresh bit is at the top of the image. Just below the bit are the two pieces of the bit I just broke. The drill bits are not terribly strong and not terribly sharp, so ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/19-Second-set-of-holes/51207798_b2NNk-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="The hand drill with a fresh bit is at the top of the image. Just below the bit are the two pieces of the bit I just broke. The drill bits are not terribly strong and not terribly sharp, so ..." title="The hand drill with a fresh bit is at the top of the image. Just below the bit are the two pieces of the bit I just broke. The drill bits are not terribly strong and not terribly sharp, so ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:18:13Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/19-Second-set-of-holes/51207798_b2NNk-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The opening stage. I've drawn the design on the bone, and John and Steve cut the basic outer form. The three large holes give me a place to get started on the carving. The piece is curved ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207797_HZwqo" title="The opening stage. I've drawn the design on the bone, and John and Steve cut the basic outer form. The three large holes give me a place to get started on the carving. The piece is curved ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/18-Initial-holes/51207797_HZwqo-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="The opening stage. I've drawn the design on the bone, and John and Steve cut the basic outer form. The three large holes give me a place to get started on the carving. The piece is curved ..." title="The opening stage. I've drawn the design on the bone, and John and Steve cut the basic outer form. The three large holes give me a place to get started on the carving. The piece is curved ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:47:42Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/18-Initial-holes/51207797_HZwqo-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Steve smooths out the rough cut, getting my piece of bone ready to be worked.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207794_rdwux" title="Steve smooths out the rough cut, getting my piece of bone ready to be worked."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/17-Steve-shaping-bone/51207794_rdwux-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steve smooths out the rough cut, getting my piece of bone ready to be worked." title="Steve smooths out the rough cut, getting my piece of bone ready to be worked." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:04:13Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/17-Steve-shaping-bone/51207794_rdwux-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Once I'd drawn my design on the bone, John (Steve's assistant) cut out the general shape for me.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207792_HewTy" title="Once I'd drawn my design on the bone, John (Steve's assistant) cut out the general shape for me."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/16-John-cutting-bone/51207792_HewTy-Th.jpg" width="94" height="150" alt="Once I'd drawn my design on the bone, John (Steve's assistant) cut out the general shape for me." title="Once I'd drawn my design on the bone, John (Steve's assistant) cut out the general shape for me." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:59:39Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/16-John-cutting-bone/51207792_HewTy-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Steve's collection of bones. The Maori used whale bones for their jewelry, but these are cow bones. I chose the one on top for my pendant. I turned it over to the non-gross side and trace ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207791_BRwjr" title="Steve's collection of bones. The Maori used whale bones for their jewelry, but these are cow bones. I chose the one on top for my pendant. I turned it over to the non-gross side and trace ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/15-Source-bones/51207791_BRwjr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Steve's collection of bones. The Maori used whale bones for their jewelry, but these are cow bones. I chose the one on top for my pendant. I turned it over to the non-gross side and trace ..." title="Steve's collection of bones. The Maori used whale bones for their jewelry, but these are cow bones. I chose the one on top for my pendant. I turned it over to the non-gross side and trace ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T15:00:28Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/15-Source-bones/51207791_BRwjr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The morning after the night of the previous image I awoke to a wet, rainy day, just like the night before. I had wanted to go hiking, but I didn't want to go sloshing through mud all day. ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207788_37Qhy" title="The morning after the night of the previous image I awoke to a wet, rainy day, just like the night before. I had wanted to go hiking, but I didn't want to go sloshing through mud all day. ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/14-Starting-sketch/51207788_37Qhy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="The morning after the night of the previous image I awoke to a wet, rainy day, just like the night before. I had wanted to go hiking, but I didn't want to go sloshing through mud all day. ..." title="The morning after the night of the previous image I awoke to a wet, rainy day, just like the night before. I had wanted to go hiking, but I didn't want to go sloshing through mud all day. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:00:37Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/14-Starting-sketch/51207788_37Qhy-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A rainy night in Hokitika. Actually, all my nights in Hokitika were rainy. I took this picture sitting in a big old log chair outside a cafe where I had dinner. I sat under an awning, lis ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207787_Aoitj" title="A rainy night in Hokitika. Actually, all my nights in Hokitika were rainy. I took this picture sitting in a big old log chair outside a cafe where I had dinner. I sat under an awning, lis ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/13-Wet-night/51207787_Aoitj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="A rainy night in Hokitika. Actually, all my nights in Hokitika were rainy. I took this picture sitting in a big old log chair outside a cafe where I had dinner. I sat under an awning, lis ..." title="A rainy night in Hokitika. Actually, all my nights in Hokitika were rainy. I took this picture sitting in a big old log chair outside a cafe where I had dinner. I sat under an awning, lis ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:39:28Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/13-Wet-night/51207787_Aoitj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />An internet cafe in Hokitika, tucked away in the back of a video-rental shop.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207785_VtqMd" title="An internet cafe in Hokitika, tucked away in the back of a video-rental shop."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/12-Hokitika-net-cafe/51207785_VtqMd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="An internet cafe in Hokitika, tucked away in the back of a video-rental shop." title="An internet cafe in Hokitika, tucked away in the back of a video-rental shop." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:31:04Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/12-Hokitika-net-cafe/51207785_VtqMd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A foggy day on the west coast makes it feel very still and quiet.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207784_Vuxca" title="A foggy day on the west coast makes it feel very still and quiet."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/11-Small-trees/51207784_Vuxca-Th.jpg" width="150" height="62" alt="A foggy day on the west coast makes it feel very still and quiet." title="A foggy day on the west coast makes it feel very still and quiet." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:34:43Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/11-Small-trees/51207784_Vuxca-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Andrew feeling good on the west coast!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207782_ZHh34" title="Andrew feeling good on the west coast!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/10-Andrew-in-forest/51207782_ZHh34-Th.jpg" width="117" height="150" alt="Andrew feeling good on the west coast!" title="Andrew feeling good on the west coast!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:39:09Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/10-Andrew-in-forest/51207782_ZHh34-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The small lake reached by the track in the previous image.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207781_C9USL" title="The small lake reached by the track in the previous image."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/09-Small-lake/51207781_C9USL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="67" alt="The small lake reached by the track in the previous image." title="The small lake reached by the track in the previous image." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:44:43Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/09-Small-lake/51207781_C9USL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A small track near the Tasman Sea on the west coast. This track went through coastal vegetation until it reached a small lake, and then turned back again.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207779_EbQDJ" title="A small track near the Tasman Sea on the west coast. This track went through coastal vegetation until it reached a small lake, and then turned back again."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/08-Walk-to-shore/51207779_EbQDJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="A small track near the Tasman Sea on the west coast. This track went through coastal vegetation until it reached a small lake, and then turned back again." title="A small track near the Tasman Sea on the west coast. This track went through coastal vegetation until it reached a small lake, and then turned back again." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:38:59Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/08-Walk-to-shore/51207779_EbQDJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A tree fern on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207778_ufzV8" title="A tree fern on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/07-Fern-Tree/51207778_ufzV8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A tree fern on the west coast." title="A tree fern on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T15:09:04Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/07-Fern-Tree/51207778_ufzV8-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />An unnamed waterfall on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207776_HsrsL" title="An unnamed waterfall on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/06-Waterfall/51207776_HsrsL-Th.jpg" width="80" height="150" alt="An unnamed waterfall on the west coast." title="An unnamed waterfall on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T14:55:11Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/06-Waterfall/51207776_HsrsL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A gnarly tree on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207775_oQFjY" title="A gnarly tree on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/05-Tree/51207775_oQFjY-Th.jpg" width="96" height="150" alt="A gnarly tree on the west coast." title="A gnarly tree on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:55:37Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/05-Tree/51207775_oQFjY-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A boardwalk over a marshy bog on the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207773_q4iSg" title="A boardwalk over a marshy bog on the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/04-Boardwalk/51207773_q4iSg-Th.jpg" width="88" height="150" alt="A boardwalk over a marshy bog on the west coast." title="A boardwalk over a marshy bog on the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:00:16Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/04-Boardwalk/51207773_q4iSg-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A swingbridge on one of many side tracks scattered all over the west coast.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207772_ykCDA" title="A swingbridge on one of many side tracks scattered all over the west coast."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/03-Swingbridge/51207772_ykCDA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="A swingbridge on one of many side tracks scattered all over the west coast." title="A swingbridge on one of many side tracks scattered all over the west coast." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:30:17Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/03-Swingbridge/51207772_ykCDA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The little track out to the Blue Pools. I love the way the track extends out over the rock and the patterns of the structure that support it.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207769_PQmDN" title="The little track out to the Blue Pools. I love the way the track extends out over the rock and the patterns of the structure that support it."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/02-Blue-Pools/51207769_PQmDN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="130" alt="The little track out to the Blue Pools. I love the way the track extends out over the rock and the patterns of the structure that support it." title="The little track out to the Blue Pools. I love the way the track extends out over the rock and the patterns of the structure that support it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:12:43Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/02-Blue-Pools/51207769_PQmDN-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The Blue Pools. When the river floods, it scrapes mica off the walls of the surrounding rock, and eddies cause much of the mica to flow into this little side channel, where it settles and h ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/1100784_QatR5#51207768_hBnG8" title="The Blue Pools. When the river floods, it scrapes mica off the walls of the surrounding rock, and eddies cause much of the mica to flow into this little side channel, where it settles and h ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/01-Blue-Pools/51207768_hBnG8-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="The Blue Pools. When the river floods, it scrapes mica off the walls of the surrounding rock, and eddies cause much of the mica to flow into this little side channel, where it settles and h ..." title="The Blue Pools. When the river floods, it scrapes mica off the walls of the surrounding rock, and eddies cause much of the mica to flow into this little side channel, where it settles and h ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:13:02Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/6-Hokitika/01-Blue-Pools/51207768_hBnG8-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Lake County, on the road to Arrow City. A friendly woman at the grocery store told me to take a little road with seven switchbacks from which I could get a great view, and she was right!</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205682_6ntLZ" title="Lake County, on the road to Arrow City. A friendly woman at the grocery store told me to take a little road with seven switchbacks from which I could get a great view, and she was right!"><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/12-Pan-Lake-County-View/51205682_6ntLZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="36" alt="Lake County, on the road to Arrow City. A friendly woman at the grocery store told me to take a little road with seven switchbacks from which I could get a great view, and she was right!" title="Lake County, on the road to Arrow City. A friendly woman at the grocery store told me to take a little road with seven switchbacks from which I could get a great view, and she was right!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T13:03:25Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/12-Pan-Lake-County-View/51205682_6ntLZ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Santa in the internet cafe. I walked in and there he was, surfing. I suppose the sunglasses are so he wouldn't be recognized. Santa Incognito.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205679_dJq2L" title="Santa in the internet cafe. I walked in and there he was, surfing. I suppose the sunglasses are so he wouldn't be recognized. Santa Incognito."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/11-Cafe-Santa/51205679_dJq2L-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Santa in the internet cafe. I walked in and there he was, surfing. I suppose the sunglasses are so he wouldn't be recognized. Santa Incognito." title="Santa in the internet cafe. I walked in and there he was, surfing. I suppose the sunglasses are so he wouldn't be recognized. Santa Incognito." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T13:16:06Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/11-Cafe-Santa/51205679_dJq2L-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Atop Mt. Iron, just outside of Wanaka. It's a 45-minute climb from the base to the geodetic marker here at the summit. The trail passes through sheep grazing land and dense foliage, and en ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205675_5KGVS" title="Atop Mt. Iron, just outside of Wanaka. It's a 45-minute climb from the base to the geodetic marker here at the summit. The trail passes through sheep grazing land and dense foliage, and en ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/10-Mount-Iron/51205675_5KGVS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt="Atop Mt. Iron, just outside of Wanaka. It's a 45-minute climb from the base to the geodetic marker here at the summit. The trail passes through sheep grazing land and dense foliage, and en ..." title="Atop Mt. Iron, just outside of Wanaka. It's a 45-minute climb from the base to the geodetic marker here at the summit. The trail passes through sheep grazing land and dense foliage, and en ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T14:35:27Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/10-Mount-Iron/51205675_5KGVS-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Sue, the friendly manager of the funky internet cafe.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205674_pPuKQ" title="Sue, the friendly manager of the funky internet cafe."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/09-Net-cafe/51205674_pPuKQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt="Sue, the friendly manager of the funky internet cafe." title="Sue, the friendly manager of the funky internet cafe." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:01:48Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/09-Net-cafe/51205674_pPuKQ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A wonderful little internet cafe in Wanaka.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205669_tfyzk" title="A wonderful little internet cafe in Wanaka."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/08-Net-cafe/51205669_tfyzk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="A wonderful little internet cafe in Wanaka." title="A wonderful little internet cafe in Wanaka." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T16:12:52Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/08-Net-cafe/51205669_tfyzk-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />I arrived in Wanaka a few days before Christmas. The town had "traditional" decorations up, which was wildly incongruous as people walked around in bikinis and sandals. Santa Claus was aro ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205665_Ce4Fu" title="I arrived in Wanaka a few days before Christmas. The town had "traditional" decorations up, which was wildly incongruous as people walked around in bikinis and sandals. Santa Claus was aro ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/07-Wanaka-Santa/51205665_Ce4Fu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="I arrived in Wanaka a few days before Christmas. The town had "traditional" decorations up, which was wildly incongruous as people walked around in bikinis and sandals. Santa Claus was aro ..." title="I arrived in Wanaka a few days before Christmas. The town had "traditional" decorations up, which was wildly incongruous as people walked around in bikinis and sandals. Santa Claus was aro ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:59:37Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/07-Wanaka-Santa/51205665_Ce4Fu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Gooseberries. I'd never even heard of them before, but who could resist eating something that looks like this? They're about the size of large grapes, with a thick skin you have to burst t ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205658_2Qp8T" title="Gooseberries. I'd never even heard of them before, but who could resist eating something that looks like this? They're about the size of large grapes, with a thick skin you have to burst t ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/06-Gooseberries/51205658_2Qp8T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="90" alt="Gooseberries. I'd never even heard of them before, but who could resist eating something that looks like this? They're about the size of large grapes, with a thick skin you have to burst t ..." title="Gooseberries. I'd never even heard of them before, but who could resist eating something that looks like this? They're about the size of large grapes, with a thick skin you have to burst t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T13:56:48Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/06-Gooseberries/51205658_2Qp8T-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />More of the Kawarau River, close to where we put in for our sledging trip.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205650_hwccw" title="More of the Kawarau River, close to where we put in for our sledging trip."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/05-Roaring-Meg-on-Kawarau/51205650_hwccw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="87" alt="More of the Kawarau River, close to where we put in for our sledging trip." title="More of the Kawarau River, close to where we put in for our sledging trip." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T14:07:44Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/05-Roaring-Meg-on-Kawarau/51205650_hwccw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A foam sledge like the one I held onto while going town the Kawarau River (twice!). We put on wetsuits, complete with booties and flippers, and then drove out to the river. We carried our ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205645_jcTXB" title="A foam sledge like the one I held onto while going town the Kawarau River (twice!). We put on wetsuits, complete with booties and flippers, and then drove out to the river. We carried our ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/04-Frogz-sledge/51205645_jcTXB-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="A foam sledge like the one I held onto while going town the Kawarau River (twice!). We put on wetsuits, complete with booties and flippers, and then drove out to the river. We carried our ..." title="A foam sledge like the one I held onto while going town the Kawarau River (twice!). We put on wetsuits, complete with booties and flippers, and then drove out to the river. We carried our ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:55:59Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/04-Frogz-sledge/51205645_jcTXB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The Kawarau River, at the start of the Roaring Meg section. Legend is that Roaring Meg was a prostitute who serviced the gold miners in the 1800's.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205639_gLv7s" title="The Kawarau River, at the start of the Roaring Meg section. Legend is that Roaring Meg was a prostitute who serviced the gold miners in the 1800's."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/03-Kawarau-River/51205639_gLv7s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="The Kawarau River, at the start of the Roaring Meg section. Legend is that Roaring Meg was a prostitute who serviced the gold miners in the 1800's." title="The Kawarau River, at the start of the Roaring Meg section. Legend is that Roaring Meg was a prostitute who serviced the gold miners in the 1800's." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:54:50Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/03-Kawarau-River/51205639_gLv7s-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Sheep stations are enclosed in barbed-wire fences.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205638_KAAqX" title="Sheep stations are enclosed in barbed-wire fences."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/02-Fence/51205638_KAAqX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="87" alt="Sheep stations are enclosed in barbed-wire fences." title="Sheep stations are enclosed in barbed-wire fences." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T12:50:31Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/02-Fence/51205638_KAAqX-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />In New Zealand the sheep outnumber the humans 10 to 1. If you got all 40 million sheep together, their collective intelligence would rival that of a pet rock. And not one of those fancy Ha ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/1100735_b4Avx#51205633_UQA6r" title="In New Zealand the sheep outnumber the humans 10 to 1. If you got all 40 million sheep together, their collective intelligence would rival that of a pet rock. And not one of those fancy Ha ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/01-Sheep/51205633_UQA6r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="In New Zealand the sheep outnumber the humans 10 to 1. If you got all 40 million sheep together, their collective intelligence would rival that of a pet rock. And not one of those fancy Ha ..." title="In New Zealand the sheep outnumber the humans 10 to 1. If you got all 40 million sheep together, their collective intelligence would rival that of a pet rock. And not one of those fancy Ha ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:00:47Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/5-Wanaka/01-Sheep/51205633_UQA6r-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Patrick in Queenstown.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/3-Queenstown/1100502_PsRq6#51201030_JKYaj" title="Patrick in Queenstown."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/3-Queenstown/06a-Pat/51201030_JKYaj-Th.jpg" width="96" height="150" alt="Patrick in Queenstown." title="Patrick in Queenstown." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T12:35:35Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/3-Queenstown/06a-Pat/51201030_JKYaj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Happy Endings! Andrew at the end of the Kepler Track.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200138_YA5ZW" title="Happy Endings! Andrew at the end of the Kepler Track."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/78-Happy-ending/51200138_YA5ZW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Happy Endings! Andrew at the end of the Kepler Track." title="Happy Endings! Andrew at the end of the Kepler Track." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:50:39Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/78-Happy-ending/51200138_YA5ZW-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A sandbar in the Walau River. The river was flowing pretty well at this point, after the rain of the previous night and most of today, though the rain had stopped by now.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200133_4MmPJ" title="A sandbar in the Walau River. The river was flowing pretty well at this point, after the rain of the previous night and most of today, though the rain had stopped by now."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/77-Sandbar/51200133_4MmPJ-Th.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="A sandbar in the Walau River. The river was flowing pretty well at this point, after the rain of the previous night and most of today, though the rain had stopped by now." title="A sandbar in the Walau River. The river was flowing pretty well at this point, after the rain of the previous night and most of today, though the rain had stopped by now." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:02:55Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/77-Sandbar/51200133_4MmPJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Near the end of the Kepler Track you cross over several swingbridges. They're a lot of fun, sort of like a little treat.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200131_nMFWs" title="Near the end of the Kepler Track you cross over several swingbridges. They're a lot of fun, sort of like a little treat."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/76-Swingbridge/51200131_nMFWs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="Near the end of the Kepler Track you cross over several swingbridges. They're a lot of fun, sort of like a little treat." title="Near the end of the Kepler Track you cross over several swingbridges. They're a lot of fun, sort of like a little treat." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T13:40:13Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/76-Swingbridge/51200131_nMFWs-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />A boardwalk winds from the main track to a spur trail looking out onto a big broad bog.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200130_QPnzZ" title="A boardwalk winds from the main track to a spur trail looking out onto a big broad bog."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/75-Bog-track/51200130_QPnzZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="65" alt="A boardwalk winds from the main track to a spur trail looking out onto a big broad bog." title="A boardwalk winds from the main track to a spur trail looking out onto a big broad bog." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:02:46Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/75-Bog-track/51200130_QPnzZ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />More moss. Everywhere there's moss. Beautiful, colorful, stringy moss.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200128_2BRAw" title="More moss. Everywhere there's moss. Beautiful, colorful, stringy moss."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/74-Mossy-tree/51200128_2BRAw-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="More moss. Everywhere there's moss. Beautiful, colorful, stringy moss." title="More moss. Everywhere there's moss. Beautiful, colorful, stringy moss." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-21T14:37:01Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/74-Mossy-tree/51200128_2BRAw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />The Moturao Hut. I was going to stay here my third night, but I had gotten a really early start that day, and reached the hut by mid-day. I realized that if I moved, I could reach the endp ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200126_s4kw8" title="The Moturao Hut. I was going to stay here my third night, but I had gotten a really early start that day, and reached the hut by mid-day. I realized that if I moved, I could reach the endp ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/73-Moturao-Hut-stove/51200126_s4kw8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The Moturao Hut. I was going to stay here my third night, but I had gotten a really early start that day, and reached the hut by mid-day. I realized that if I moved, I could reach the endp ..." title="The Moturao Hut. I was going to stay here my third night, but I had gotten a really early start that day, and reached the hut by mid-day. I realized that if I moved, I could reach the endp ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:16:26Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/73-Moturao-Hut-stove/51200126_s4kw8-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Every hut has a visitor's log. In the summer, it's optional, because there are enough people on the track that it's unlikely you're going to hurt yourself and not be detected. In the winte ...</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200124_uEw53" title="Every hut has a visitor's log. In the summer, it's optional, because there are enough people on the track that it's unlikely you're going to hurt yourself and not be detected. In the winte ..."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/72-Moturau-log-book/51200124_uEw53-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Every hut has a visitor's log. In the summer, it's optional, because there are enough people on the track that it's unlikely you're going to hurt yourself and not be detected. In the winte ..." title="Every hut has a visitor's log. In the summer, it's optional, because there are enough people on the track that it's unlikely you're going to hurt yourself and not be detected. In the winte ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:38:54Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/72-Moturau-log-book/51200124_uEw53-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />You can't have a rain forest this pretty without rain, and lots of it, so though a clear day is more than welcome, I didn't mind the rain.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200123_HhVJB" title="You can't have a rain forest this pretty without rain, and lots of it, so though a clear day is more than welcome, I didn't mind the rain."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/71-Kepler-forest/51200123_HhVJB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt="You can't have a rain forest this pretty without rain, and lots of it, so though a clear day is more than welcome, I didn't mind the rain." title="You can't have a rain forest this pretty without rain, and lots of it, so though a clear day is more than welcome, I didn't mind the rain." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T12:11:55Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/71-Kepler-forest/51200123_HhVJB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com">andrewg</a><br />Another wet, wet fern forest.</p><p><a href="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/1100519_4qjMr#51200122_otKL5" title="Another wet, wet fern forest."><img src="http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/70-Kepler-forest/51200122_otKL5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="Another wet, wet fern forest." title="Another wet, wet fern forest." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T19:58:00Z andrewg http://andrewg.smugmug.com http://andrewg.smugmug.com/Vacation/4-Kepler-Track/70-Kepler-forest/51200122_otKL5-Th.jpg