Among other things, we took a trip to Queenstown with a friend of mine for a few days. Here is Lisa and Chivala at our picnic in Central Otago on our way thru... side bar: it was so AMAZING getting to eat Lisa's food again! Oh how I've missed it (for those of you who don't know, go visit The Little Red Hen in Glencoe - ask for cake box cookies!)
And of course we did all the tourist things to do... rode the sky gondola...
... all the way to the top for the best views of Queenstown..
And here's our ridiculous view from our hotel balcony
We had such a blast!
Unfortunately the weather wasn't spectacular. We had such an amazing December that it clearly was too much to hope that Feb would be just as nice. But, no matter... we still took Lisa to our favorite beaches that just also happen to be great places to get mussels and clams!
This is Lisa and Mark climbing back from gathering mussels.
Lisa maybe wasn't OVERLY excited about the idea of all sea creatures, but she managed to gather a few clams that we later turned into dinner. And by "we" I mean Mark.
I can't thank Lisa enough for coming to see us. I haven't laughed that hard in a year! I love you Sugar Chix!! xoxo
