End of Hike & NZ

All good hikes deserve a reward at the end, so we treated ourselves to some ice cream. Here’s a picture of everybody in our group: Lara, Mike, me, Nick, Vicky and Marie. And with that the hiking safari, and my time in NZ, was done. We drove to Christchurch and I then flew back the States the next day, Christmas Eve. After spending some time with my family in Phoenix, I took about five days to drive across the U.S and am now back in Washington D.C. It’s cold here…