The details

We leave on January 25 at 4pm GR time.  We arrive at LAX and proceed to Aukland New Zealand. 

We arrive there on January 27 at 9 AM NZ time.  Notice we lose a day because we go over the international date line.  In case you were wondering why we chose January?  Well, we miss this....

and it is summer in NZ.  Aukland is on the north of the north island.  We have two days to catch our breath from traveling and then we meet our Backroads guides for our eight day tour titled New Zealand Multisport.  It includes hiking, biking and kyaking and of course lots of culture and scenery.  You can see the details on their website.

Here's a map of the north island.  We start in Aukland and end in Napier in Hawks Bay.  Our travel companions for this 6 week adventure will be Bill's sister and her husband, Nancy and Tom Huck.  If you follow this blog, you will surely see pictures of them soon.  Stay tuned and do post your comments.  We will be able to also communicate via email and maybe even facetime.  More on that when we get there.