Auckland Museum

Bones of a moa, a now-extinct giant flightless bird

 
A moa as it would have looked

August 2011
Auckland, NZ

The NZ Honeymoon begins...

with a reunion with Becky in Auckland!
  We arrived VERY early in the morning NZ time, so the first thing we did was go to breakfast.
 




...followed by gelato at the beach.
 


Sky Walk, a present from Becky


 
View of the Sky Tower from our room at the Grand Chancellor Auckland City



Parnell:























July 2011
Auckland, New Zealand

More Canadian fun after the wedding

Yukari and Miranda sample some forest fruit near the ceremony site.
It was a very good year for the wild berries.


Salmonberries



Huckleberries








The field a couple of days after the wedding



Our little tree with its deer-proofing








BBQ brothers, cooking up a feast for the grandmothers' birthday celebrations




West Coast cuisine





Party people


Happy 85th and 88th!









After our "Trash the Dress" photo session



Miranda stayed with us for a few extra days after all the wedding festivities were over, so we took her for a road-trip to see some beaches and woods.







Not the greatest hiking shoes...









































Farewell dinner at Camille's






July 2011
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada