Heading North for the Winter
Sailing north to find the tropical weather again! How can it already be the beginning of JUNE?? Where has time gone? In looking through the photos to compose this post, I realize that the amount of ground we've covered in the past few months could easily fill a tour book for the north and south islands of New Zealand and easily take you hours and hours to read. SO, in the name of progress, I'm just going to take a deep breath and pull you into our present location. (Incidentally, if you plan to visit NZ anytime, send me a note and I will inundate you with our experiences and highlights.) But for now, hop on board for our most recent passage - from New Zealand up to Fiji. A passage that proved just how much difference a few degrees of latitude can actually make. Opua, NZ on the morning we checked out Early morning on May 9th, we dinghied into the customs office in Opua, NZ to check out. We rode through a thick, foggy chill, bundled up in our fleeces and raincoat