rain day

now that i am wonderfully filled with scenes from different places and potentially exciting stories, i finally feel like writing! what a magical moment for me and my brain. i wish i could say the same for drawing... cripes.

so that day i had alone in christchurch... was a really weird day. just mentally speaking... there was far too much thought time and it felt a little like re-entry just because i wasn't with anyone (which was sweet at the same time) but ALSO at the same time was me myself and my thoughts, alone for the first time in 6 months. it'll be a true task getting back into real life when i get back to calgary... michigan always seems like a vacation, but crap gets real when canada happens.

it was lovely to see my swiss girls an nik when they came in that night at 10... we crashed at the airport again and discovered showers in the bathroom! bonus... we eventually ended up at backpackers and picked up our rental campervan (which is pretty much a standard motorhome... i love it...) and got lots of food, beer, and travel ambitions. there... is a lot to see.

the first night we made it to lake tekapo, and found a place where camping is only prohibited if you get caught, and had an amazing supper of fake-oven heated frozen pizza. but it was so good... we were told to travel mostly during the day because there is so much to see, if you drive at night you are just gonna be wasting all the view you could be having. the first day we only drove about 3ish hours... next day we headed down towards dunedin and stayed near kaka point, just outside of a town called onaka. it was dark when we were finding a place to sleep so that took forever but when we woke up we found we were right on the beach with an absolutely amazing sunrise... best freaking morning ever. and porridge.. OH porridge. with kiwi. eating cheap is just better. we planned to go to milford sound yesterday (the most beautiful place in NZ apparently...) but the road was closed due to heavy snowfall and avalanche danger. so... that was a solid waste of 2 hours there to find the road closed, 2 hours back in darkness. the drive was sweet despite the rain but... pretty sure that end part of fellowship of the ring was filmed on the lake we drove by. awesome stuff... today we are in queenstown and joanna an nik are going bungie jumping, because they are crazy AND can afford it. i'm stoked for them... sylvia is in the 'wan' (because thats what we named her) sleeping, and i am here catching up on the world. hopefully... i'm sure i could break it down more but all that would involve is hours upon hours of driving, some beautiful pictures you'll see eventually, some drinking, some sleeping, and more porridge.

see you (whoever you are) eventually.