American wandering New Zealand

**the vet** · 29th November 2009, 11:00

I won't give up on this. Next short chapter with photos can be found here:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/blog.php?b=1202

**Bren** · 29th November 2009, 11:35

Originally Posted by the vet

I won't give up on this. Next short chapter with photos can be found here:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/blog.php?b=1202

Linky dont worky

**the vet** · 30th November 2009, 09:31

hmmm?.....its working for me. Goes to blog with photos

**Hinny** · 30th November 2009, 10:36

I get...

'Invalid Blog specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator'

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 30th November 2009, 10:40

Me to come on pete you have had long enough.

How are you hope all is good at your end of the world.

Wendy & Pete

**crazyhorse** · 30th November 2009, 10:44

Doesn't work for me either

**the vet** · 1st December 2009, 04:52

OK, the blog was saved as a draft and the link I put in was to the draft....took me a while to figure out how to post the draft, but I think I did it. I should have another to enter by the end of the day.

The other end of the world, this end, seems more complicated....I like 'simple'

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/blog.php?b=1202

**the vet** · 10th February 2010, 06:13

Hi All, I've been back in the States for 3 months now and have put 8000+ MILES on my truck traveling with dog to visit friends and family as far away as Florida (from California). I've picked up a few weeks of work here and there and recently received email that my NZ residency application was accepted!!

I continue to travel like a vagabond, sleeping in the back of my truck with dog to keep me warm. Just had 2 days of blissful powder skiing in Telluride while visiting a good friend there, and one day skiing Steamboat Springs while visiting a friend there. I've been neglectful or my Blog/ride report, but have posted an additional entry where I left off. So much more to tell still and more photos to link.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/en...-September-Oct
If link doesn't work, got to the vet's blog and check the most recent entry.
I'm currently looking for a place to buy here in Colorado; I've long desired a place to call home here in Colorado...for when I am in the States....and a mountain base for any NZ motorcyclists to stopover in their US travels/explorations/holidays.

Cheers, Pete

**Hinny** · 12th February 2010, 17:42

Originally Posted by the vet

a mountain base for any NZ motorcyclists to stopover in their US travels/explorations/holidays.

Cheers, Pete

I'll start saving.
I believe Colorado powder is almost sd good as Utah powder. Need tongue-poke emoticon here.

**the vet** · 22nd July 2010, 16:49

Where did I leave off...? Well, looks as though I ended with a great time fishing for Kingfish in Wairau bay with Mick the 20 something dairy farmer. We fought Kingys jigging from the bottom for about 4 hours....my arms were dead...I think he was testing me to see when I had finally had enough. It was enough just to jig those things as fast as you could from the bottom...but 10 or so fish later, my arms were jelly. I had a great dinner with he and his family, spent the night, and then headed east and south around the cape, on my way back to Upper Hutt via a stop in P. North. Somehow I skipped to Taranaki in my tale telling....but that later, lots to tell before then.

**the vet** · 22nd July 2010, 16:55

so here is me trying to attach photos....again

**the vet** · 22nd July 2010, 17:06

so after great fishing and Opotiki hospitality, I began the trek around the Cape. It was in Opotiki that I was warned not to just stop and camp anywhere.....so I was a little cautious and probably did not slowly meander and take advantage of the region as I should have. But some scenes along the way.....then a night camped at Anaura Bay. The pay to park campground was empty and closed. The DOC grounds next to the beach also closed...but I had no where else to go, so just parked, ate some fruit, some fish, and slept....to rise early to a beautiful sunrise....the Easternmost international sunrise....the first view of the coming day by modern time zone standards....kind of a unique feeling.

**the vet** · 22nd July 2010, 17:27

Only a relative short drive to Gisborne, I stopped here and there along the way, and then spent a couple days in Gisborne. I had a private tour of a state of the art exclusive Gerwurtztraminer vineyard and winery (thanks to a friend with family in the wine industry), and then spent a half day tramping the grounds of the Eastwooodhill Arboretum--which was pretty awesome in and of itself.

**the vet** · 23rd July 2010, 02:03

This was at a high spot in the arboretum, viewing the mountain ranges in the distance. Can't attach this photo, so only the link....

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=213659

**the vet** · 23rd July 2010, 03:16

After a few days in Gisborne, I made quick stops in Napier and Hastings, and then went on to P. North to visit another vet friend. From there I went back down to Upper Hutt where I stayed with a friend on her farm....some work in exchange for room and board....or I should say old trailer and board....