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Day 18 – Hundertwasser, more Hundertwasser, Kauri, Pub Life (2 Oct 2023)

These are a couple of flowering bushes that I liked at our hotel: We left the hotel and were on our way in a van with a trailer. The van did not have enough room for me to get my legs into the seat, b …

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Day 17 – Bay of Island Encore (1 Oct 2023)

As I believe I mentioned last post, it was pouring yesterday, which basically belayed what we were supposed to do on that day. But our Fearless Guide Rod was able to “smoosh” it all into one day – tod …

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Day 16 – Bay of Islands, Rain Rain Sun Rain…& Hail! (30 Sept 2023)

This is a “Waratah” – New South Wales, Australia’s flower. We drove past it in the van in Russell and Chris, our van driver and tour guide (originally from Scotland) told us about it. I thought it was …

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Brave…So Brave…
Brave…So Brave…

“Heels over head” has never been my jam. Point of fact – I’ve actually never dived (diven? dove?) in …

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Hamstrung!
Hamstrung!

At Crossfit yesterday, we did good mornings, Tabatas, and a 6 minute AMRAP of pull ups. If you have …

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Belly v Abs
Belly v Abs

This is the photo you get when you put “BELLY” into the photostock search engine. Belly. It’s such a …

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Qalo rings
Qalo rings

2 camo, 2 black, man’s and woman’s size for each Whatza Qalo? “Qalo” (pronounced KAY-low) stands for …

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I feel better now…(really, a shout out for BeyondTheWhiteboard.com & the “Spirit of” Crossfit)
I feel better now…(really, a shout out for BeyondTheWhiteboard.com & the “Spirit of” Crossfit)

I feel better now. Yesterday, I had a good, long rant about what an idiot I was to have signed up fo …

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