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Big crowd for a small town! They exactly expected a few hundred and estimated this at 5000!
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Happy new year! (Tim asked me not to post the re-enactment pic of him and the champagne bottle.)
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Farewell 2016. Not the best year, that's for sure, with so much loss and being *losers* and all...but I found a few good moments. (These might also be the only pictures of me except for training and trial videos!)
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A picture of my shoes?! Why I'd never. But I love my #allbirds so much! And real surprise perfect gift since all I did was say "ooh these look cool" over a picture in the Air New Zealand in flight mag! I had no idea he actually listens to me on planes!
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Thanks @droolpetsitting for the amazingly yummy cookies from Lucky Pierre. They are mine all mine! -- Favor.
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Fascinated by the things my husband's students give him. (All grad students!) Pen for scale. No idea what creature this is but I think it resides (reality? myth?) in Singapore.
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What did you bring us?!! We took off from Auckland at 8 pm Monday and arrived in Chicago (via Vancouver) at 8 pm Monday! Magic!
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Last full day in NZ was a full on tourist experience as part of the conference group: a ferry ride out to Waiheke, drive round a bit, tastings and dinner at a winery, and then a missed ferry and hanging near midnight with some mallards on the wharf. :boat
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So many beautiful boats, from Maori crafts to around-the-world racing boats and cute little training sailboats like this at the maritime museum in Auckland.
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Nerdy packing pride. Everything I brought for two weeks in NZ (apart from my sneakers, rain coat, and a few toiletries) fits in the little carry on day pack! No checked luggage for the whole trip! And I even added a merino shirt with wool from the farm st
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Bryde's whale on a boat ride out of Auckland! 🐳 We saw 7 or 8 of them close up, including some mommas with calves.
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We are staying in this rehabbed shearers cabin on a sheep station with 10,000 sheep, spread out over a lot of land overlooking Lake Hawea.
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Hiked a couple miles up behind our cabin on Lake Hawea Station. Sheep, birds, wild roses, and incredible views.
