The road goes on forever and the party never ends!

It's way to early to be up on vacation, and it's definitely way too early to get up when you know you're leaving New Zealand today. In just a few minutes we'll be heading out the door of Tiger's Den to head to Christchurch to catch our flight back to the states. It's definitely bittersweet because none of us are ready to go and we know reality and our normal lives are waiting for us in Colorado, Cali, and Texas. Last night Team Heather made an AMAZING feast of filet, cous cous, salad and bacon wrapped peppers (I'm officially calling this cook-off a tie!) and we went around the table saying what we were going to take back to our normal lives to keep this vacation spirit going. Some of us said wine and cheese Fridays (that was me) but others said things like making sure to ford waist deep water at least twice a week, continuing to drive on the left hand side of the road (that might not last that long), or jamming to tunes on the back porch morning, noon, and night.

On another round around the table, we each said what we'll miss most about New Zealand. The combination of mountains and water was definitely top on the list, but the undeniable number one answer was hanging out with eachother every day and having a giant slumber party every night. We're not going to know what everyone is up to every second of the day anymore. Kieth, the NZ owner of the house, had dinner with us last night and couldn't get over how we had all been together 14 days and still liked eachother. No blow out fights, no grudges, no attitudes: we seriously all still love eachother after this trip, even more if it's possible!

On that note, I thought I'd share a couple more pictures of our last group pyramid of the trip (unless we bust one out in LAX). The first one wasn't a complete success, as you'll see below, but I think it's important to note that this group pyramid is kind of like life: sometimes you'll fall and sometimes you'll make it all the way to the top, but if you can do both with a great friends while laughing, you've succeeded either way....

Thanks for following our adventure-don't worry there will be more to come.

Signing off for the last time in NZ.... :(

Jill