Alexis Motor Lodge

... looks like ivory when it falls from the tree), earrings, and various materials used to make each of these things. Alexis translated everything, of course, but I wondered how much of the information was being lost in the translation. They explained the ...

... indicated that she was rolling on the floor laughing when I was sending my emails describing my travels during July in "Paul & Alexis' Excellent East Coast Adventure". Those of you on my email list at that time have read those. For the rest of you, ...

... billboards announce? WALL DRUG! Ever see those bumper stickers? Well guess where Wall Drug is? In South Dakota. The past few days Alexis has been staying in the back seat. She's realized it's more comfortable lying down to read, watch a movie or just ...

We drove from Queenstown to Glenarchy and back, as this is a no-exit road.  There were awesome views of Lake Wanaka en route.  The road was narrow, and wound up and down at the side of the gorgeous blue water.  At the end of the road, is a ...

We drove from Wanaka to Queenstown, which basically took all day with some nice stops en route. Our first stop was Glendhu Blay which had a field of blue/purple wildflowers right by the lakeshore.  We made it to one of the ski areas, called ...