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Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!
The eclipse was amazing, I hope you had a chance to enjoy it. Hopefully it was an omen marking the beginning of the fall of trump.
Today, pictures from valued commenter PlaneCrazy who I must apologize for, for not informing that the pictures would run Tuesday. I always try to let folks know when they’re being published. Sorry PC!
Just a few photos from our current trip to New Zealand. It truly is Middle Earth here. Even in Winter here there is so much green. I can see why so many Americans are tempted to flee here. It’s beautiful, friendly, safe, less materialistic, more cooperative and positive. There are problems here, but they are just on a whole other scale.
Onetangi beach on Waiheke Island.
Waiheke Island is a large island just off the coast of Auckland. The western third is slightly built up for tourists and wine lovers, which means there are vineyards and beaches and a bus to take you to those spots. The Eastern end is less accessible without a car, but is more rural and beautiful. This beach is just below a bus stop and has no hotels, restaurants or anything else right on the beach. It’s clean and beautiful, and empty in winter except a couple of locals walking their dog.
It really doe look like Middle Earth
Horseback riding on Waiheke Island. Went for a great ride on the Eastern side of the Island. Saw the restoration efforts underway to bring back native flora and fauna and eliminate invasive species. Rode up to the site of an ancient Maori Pa or fortified village. You can see it is still so green despite being dead of winter.
Lunch in Mapua
Had fantastic fish and chips in the small coastal town of Mapua just up the coast from Nelson on the northern tip of the South Island.
There’s a reason the fern is the national symbol.
This picture doesn’t even do justice to the variety and lushness of the ferns here. And it is so amazing to realize as you walk through forests here that there is nothing here that will kill you: no bears, poisonous snakes, moose, … before humans arrived around 1250 the only mammals on the island were bats.
Thank you so much PlaneCrazy, do send us more when you can.
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The last picture with ferns reminds me of the rain forest up on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State.
sharl
Nice photos!
Here’s a recent tweet from actor Sam Neill (with a cute 10 sec video clip), with an approving intro by a fellow Kiwi.
Mustang Bobby
Living in South Florida, I miss the mountains and ferns so much. Beautiful. Thank you,
raven
@sharl: Have you seen “The Dish”? I was in Sydney during the moon landing so it was especially fun to see the film.
sharl
@raven: No I’ve never seen that. It looks like something I’d like, judging from the description at your link.
raven
@sharl: It’s fun. I will always remember that the Aussie’s were really into the moon landing and the film reflects that with a comedic tone.
JPL
Beautiful pictures, and it sounds like it is a great place to walk in the woods. I’m so over snakes!
eclare
@raven: I love that movie, so funny and idealistic. Thank you for the pictures, wow, hopefully I’ll get there someday.
debbie
Beautiful ferns!
Mustang Bobby
@raven: It’s a great film; one of my favorites. “But what if we stuff it?” comes in handy at times.
Schlemazel
Thanks for the photos. NZ is a place I will probably never see in person but it looks magical
MomSense
NZ is another on my bucket list. More sheep than people and an outstanding fiber arts community.
satby
@Schlemazel: @MomSense: I would love to see NZ too. It’s on my standby bucket list, in case I actually get to the places on the original one, because I never thought I’d have a chance to see it.
MomSense
@satby:
If I win powerball tomorrow, the two of us will go on a luxurious around the world tour.
Tenar Arha
PlaneCrazy your pictures just make me go, “Ooh, there! I wanna go there!”
Quinerly
Great pics!
rikyrah
New Zealand is on my bucket list. Thanks for the pictures :)
dww44
My daughter and kids and I traveled on Sunday to her sister-law’s home just north of Anderson S.C. to view the total eclipse. It was as advertised and, although there were a few clouds, it didn’t obscure the main celestial event. I suspect, though, that what her kids will always remember is the marathon 7 plus hour trip back home to the northeast Atlanta suburbs via I-85 and various off roads to which the Google sent us to avoid slowdowns on I-85.
Turns out those forays were a bad decision. Had to forge our own path North out of Fair Play, S.C.to chart a new route back to I-85. The Chick-fil-a exit at US 441 was jam packed with folks like us who needed a restroom and some fuel. Most others in line with us were from the greater Atlanta area and had been stuck, thanks to their trips off I-85 to avoid crashes and congestion. Lesson learned: Doesn’t work if everyone is taking the same off routes that were never designed to accommodate so many vehicles.
HinTN
Alain, your blasted form didn’t like my screen name and email combination. It said go comment and try again…
frosty
The Dish is one of my favorite nerd movies, along with Apollo 13. They just got joined by a third this year. Hidden Figures. Funny, I just noticed that all three are NASA based.
Hitting the road again today. Leaving Nashville and the eclipse and heading home. We’re hoping to find and bike a couple of rail trails near our route. The Virginia Creeper trail is a little out of the way but got great reviews.