McCrain's
in Middle Earth
A travel dialogue of our adventures
in New Zealand
In February 2004, Jim and Kathy McCrain began a five month oddessy in New Zealand. Kathy was transferred to Auckland for a temporary work assignment, and Jim followed her for moral support. (Isn't he just the greatest husband?) What follows is Jim's account of this adventure.
Winding Down (Just a little bit, though!)
July 26, 2004
The
miles are starting to take a toll on Kathy and I. Neither of us has
much energy right now, so we made this a short day. In fact, we decided
to indulge and got ourselves a hotel room! Tonight, we will sleep in
a BIG bed, in a room that is WARM, and eat REAL food! We will even watch
movies and eat popcorn! What decadence!
Of course, before we did
all of that, we STILL got in some site-seeing. We went to the town of
Motueka, and then on to the start of the Abel Tasman Coastal Trail.
This “tramp” is a four-day walk along the upper coastline
of the South Island. It is considered to be one of the most scenic walks
in New Zealand, and is a part of the “Great Walks” trail
system. Remember, we were tired, so we looked, 
took
a few pictures, and then left. Our pictures won’t do this area
any justice, because we just simply didn’t put out any effort
to do anything today. We may have paid a dear price in missing this
scenery, but we will be better off for the rest of our trip. After all,
we ARE getting older, and we need to slow down just a bit. (My 41st
Birthday was just a few days ago!)
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