American wandering New Zealand

[wbks]

Sad but true

[laserracer]

You watch it or I'll hit you with my limp dish rag.
how'd you get ahold of NZ's advanced weaponry?
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WOW you mean they have superceded the damp paper towel

[Subike]

does that make my wet buss ticket usless

[the vet]

Put my stuff in storage in Colorado. Visited a friend for a few days in a little ski town called Telluride....one of the most beautiful little canyon towns in Colorado. Met a guy there who lived in NZ as a ski instructor for a year. He said, "if you like this place, you will love NZ".....I love Colorado.

Pics:
1&2) Woke up to this sunrise and this full Moon setting some 60 miles West of Salt Lake City, Utah...on my way from CA to CO.
3) The dog, as stated above, watching me sip a cup of tea while inside a little coffee shop in a small Colorado town called Paonia.
4) Small part of the San Juan Mountains which surround Telluride; photo shot from about 3000m altitude
5) Me and the dog discussing the merit of this photoshoot.

[the vet]

I guess you can only put up to 4 or so photos per message...?

[Hitcher]

I guess you can only put up to 4 or so photos per message...?

Indeed. But you can create an album on your profile page and link to it from the body of your message.

Here's a couple of photos of Telluride I prepared earlier...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...ictureid=10209
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...ictureid=10207

[Broomrider]

how'd you get ahold of NZ's advanced weaponry?

Yeah but don't you love living in a country that doesn't need anything bigger than a fishing rod and a whitebaite net to defend itself....???


Great pix by the way Vet...

[the vet]

Awesome photos. You've seen my favorite bits of this country, AND captured it more succinctly and eloquently than I ......I hope to be able to duplicate your efforts in NZ!

And I like to collect the photos in one place like that...but would like to interconnect the photos with more commentary, as they seem able to do over on ADVrider.com.....any ideas?

Thanks for the advice.

Pete

Indeed. But you can create an album on your profile page and link to it from the body of your message.

Here's a couple of photos of Telluride I prepared earlier...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...ictureid=10209
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...ictureid=10207

[SARGE]

Yeah but don't you love living in a country that doesn't need anything bigger than a fishing rod and a whitebaite net to defend itself....???


Great pix by the way Vet...

no.. frankly, in todays world it gives me the willies

[longwayfromhome]

Hey Vet

New to the site myself, just back from 11 years in the US, 8 on a bike, 120k+ miles. Mostly based in Philly, but have done all but 2 of the lower 48 states. I just love Colorado. The last year in the Bay area (Mountain View). Last trips were 4k miles thru canyon country of southern Utah, then a couple of runs up to Ft Bragg and the Avenue of the Giants. Favourite spot in the US is Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, which runs parallel to Beartooth Pass on the Montana/Wyoming border. You will love NZ.

Give me a yell when up this way (Auckland) and you can have a place to doss for the night or two.

[Lucy]

I'm worried about what's going to happen to the dog.

[JATZ]

This may help with embedding images.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=78966

just don't go silly with it

[slimjim]

well you're going to go well with the way the kiwi dollar has dropped....and yes reckon you will find around new zealand that our steam's and lakes are full of trout, plenty of fly-fishing-spinning ,our beach's easy to surfcast..many a local to share seafood.kina's,crayfish,mussel's etc...wish you all the best down under...and yup got plenty of room to bed down if in the hawkes bay too, (hastings)..

[the vet]

Hey Vet

New to the site myself, just back from 11 years in the US, 8 on a bike, 120k+ miles. Mostly based in Philly, but have done all but 2 of the lower 48 states. I just love Colorado. The last year in the Bay area (Mountain View). Last trips were 4k miles thru canyon country of southern Utah, then a couple of runs up to Ft Bragg and the Avenue of the Giants. Favourite spot in the US is Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, which runs parallel to Beartooth Pass on the Montana/Wyoming border. You will love NZ.

Give me a yell when up this way (Auckland) and you can have a place to doss for the night or two.

Will be in Auckland starting Dec 7. Have a place to stay, and will be on my way to Hamilton to pick up a bike.....DL-650 V-strom.....Will look you up if I create some time. Would love to share some stories and get some advice...maybe time for a beer early next week.

Email me so I can put your info in my laptop: srndptee@gmail.com

Pete

[the vet]

I'm worried about what's going to happen to the dog.

Ah the dog...Murphy...I will miss him more than anything else I'm leaving behind, with the FJR a close second. But he is in good hands. Gets to live in the same house with close friends who are retired and also have a dog...Murphy's best friend Woody. He is in excellent hands. The trip and the quarantine (at least a month) would be hard on him, and I only want to do it once....so if I decide I want to try to make NZ a permanent move, I'll come back to the US to settle some other affairs and take him back to NZ with me....and he is just a bit too big for me to tour with on motorcycle.