30 Day ReCap

So as you can tell, Nate and I are not the best bloggers. Maybe it's because NZ is like candy for outdoor lovers, or maybe it's because we are truly on our budget kick and it's expensive to use here. Either way, we may do massive dumps at once, but hope we don't detract from the dramatic scenery that is here in the south island. It's really hard to believe that we've been traveling for a month. We forgot to include some things from the beginning of our trip (Milford Sound area), so we'll include them now. Sorry for the non-chronological ordering, but we are newbies at this blog stuff. What we've done in the past 30 days:

-Hiked 15 days
-Slept in eight huts, four campgrounds, one hostel, one jail (which is now a hostel), one B&B, one trailer, and one house
-Figured out the best backpacking food program (well, at least thus far for dinner): miso soup, cheddar cheese, rice noodles with canned chicken and peanut sauce, fresh brocolli/zuchinni (yes, Anna!), chocolate hunks, hot chocolate avec whiskey (Nate likes his straight)
-caught some big fish...more to come
-pulled our own mussels off the rocks for dinner twice (go budget travelers!)