Yesterday, we had cancelled our original flight to Melbourne before we knew I would get a new passport. That flight was scheduled to...

“I will say that Patrise urged me to have faith, to turn this one over to God, since clearly we could not see a way forward.” For regular...

Before I describe today's events, let me post some pictures of Auckland, both as we were approaching the landing and as we were...

We will spend the day in Wellington which is the capital of the Country of New Zealand. Wellington is the second largest city in the...

Without a doubt, this was the slowest day of the trip so far. It could be summed up like this: Ø woke up and packed; Ø had breakfast; Ø...

The morning began at a very reasonable time. We awoke about 7:30 and leisurely went about getting dressed and getting our things...

The morning began very early, about 5:30am, as we had to get ready to meet our driver in the hotel lobby at 6:15. We packed and carried...

Today we started with another great breakfast in The George. Our driver, Jim, picked us up in the hotel lobby at 9am, for our all-day...

We started the day with a wonderful breakfast in The George Hotel. The breakfast was reminiscent of a typical European breakfast: fresh...

This morning started early. Our flight from Sydney to Christchurch was scheduled to depart at 8:35am. Even though our hotel was literally...

Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, after we passed Hawaii, we lost a day. Crossing the International Date line, we went from March 26 to...

I am writing this somewhere over the Pacific Ocean a third of the way to Australia. It is 8:22 in the morning. What a day of travel we...

Well folks, we are about to ship out! Later this week, we will leave Atlanta, and after a short layover in Los Angeles, we fly to Sydney,...

Weeks ago, we planned to return before the 62nd day, because we wanted to attend the wedding anniversary reception of some longtime...

We traveled from Lumberton to Charlotte, with the hope that we would be able to see our aunt, Ann Ice, and spend a couple of days with...

There was absolutely no reason to stay in Lunmberton for two days, except probably the most important reason -- rest. Both of us needed...

Well, we are acutely aware that we are most certainly on our way back to Atlanta now. We have been headed back for the better part of a...

Today was a rather business-like day, light of events and special places. Doug slept in a bit later. When he awoke, we fixed breakfast of...

Today was a rather quiet day. Having washed our laundry the day before, we had no major chores or tasks to complete. We took our time...