Category: Family

  • Day trip to Grandfather Mountain, NC

    Day trip to Grandfather Mountain, NC

    It’s easy to think you’ve seen ‘everything’ after numerous trips to different locations in whatever area you live … but sometimes you can be surprised.…

  • Surprising Views and Peaceful Get-Away to Mt Cook, NZ

    Surprising Views and Peaceful Get-Away to Mt Cook, NZ

    Arriving at your destination after dark, is always a risk … mostly due to worries about finding the right place OK.  However, it can be…

  • Edoras (South Island, NZ)

    Edoras (South Island, NZ)

    It’s not often that you get to visit iconic locations from Middle Earth, but that’s what I did with my family this past weekend.  It…

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Our family vacation to New Zealand in July 2011 included a side trip to Sydney. From the Christchurch International Airport to Sydney, it’s just a…

  • Antarctic Center, New Zealand

    Antarctic Center, New Zealand

    One of Christchurch must visit is a trip to the Antarctic Center. A thrilling, nurturing, breathtaking, and bucket-list ticking must do experiences, located near the…