peace.

Our adventures with Susie are now over... we visited Moeraki Boulders, Allan's beach (again), Tunnel beach (again), walked through the gardens and cemetery, investigated Dunedin's old churches, and ate venison burgers and meat pies.

It's been another stressful week with the kiwi host, maturity level: 7 year-old. I know my 7-year-old boys, and he functions at approximately that level of respect and patience. As a result, my shoulders are so tightly knotted that they hurt to touch and crunch audibly when massaged.

The plan, starting tomorrow, is as follows...

28 March: begin geology field trip in Borland, Fjordlands

1 April: go directly from Borland to Queenstown in Paul's vehicle, Black Thunder. Overnight and find food for the next several days.

2 April: shuttle in to the Rees-Dart trailhead for a good long tramp with Missers Trexler and Trogstad-Isaacson

7 April: shuttle from the end of the Dart track back to Queenstown, overnight.

8 April: bus from Queenstown to Dunedin

9 April: unofficial field trip up the west coast with the same demonstrator who gave us shots after we turned in our lab reports earlier in the semester.

11 April: return to Dunedin

12 April: start classes again.

I'll be back after that!

peace