OH MY GOSH WE LEAVE TOMORROW!!!

Whoa, where has the time gone! I feel like just yesterday we were setting up our site and the countdown read: 200 days until New Zealand. Now we're down to ONE. We'll head to DIA tomorrow around noon for a solid 30 hours of travel time, landing us in Christchurch around 10:20 AM on the 25th. Sorry 2010, we're not going to experience April 24th.....
Kellyn, Sara, and I were debating about whether or not we should wear jeans or yoga pants on the plane, however we definitely landed on yoga pants! Heather and Amber, if you girls wear one of these cute "travel dresses" we keep hearing about, you're in trouble!

For those of you who haven't seen the itinerary, it looks something like this:
25th: Land in Christchurch to pick up our smelly 11 person van and gear trailer. Stay overnight in sheep shearer's quarters (I'm thinking that's kind of like the Marriott)

26th: Drive to Queenstown while gaping out the windows like some of the best Breckenridge tourists

27th: Hit the Routeburn Track for 3 days!

29th: Go to Milford Sound for the night after our hike

30th: Back to Queenstown to do some crazy adventure stuff for a couple of days and pick up David!

2nd - 8th: This is our PIBE week (Play It By Ear). Here are the things we KNOW we are doing at some point or another:
- Staying at a Schoolhouse hostel in Okarito
- Driving up north and hiking/exploring along the way. Maybe sleep on the beach?
- See some whales and dolphins, drink some wine, hike and play, etc
- Stay at our RIDICULOUS beach house in Picton the 5th-8th (http://www.tigersden.co.nz/ - get a life, this place is unreal!) This place is walking distance to wineries, too...

So that's what our next two weeks look like, and it all starts tomorrow. We'll have a laptop along and will be stopping to update our adventures along the way, so stay tuned.

Adam got this picture yesterday from the guys at Trippin' for Trout (oh yeah, we're meeting up with them too!) and it looks like the sunsets in Queenstown aren't that great... yeah right.

Anyways, wish us luck. We can't wait to jump on that plane tomorrow and get away from it all: moving, work, brains, bills, stress... see ya later!

Love you all! Can't wait to share our adventures!
~Jill