I spent 5 years off and on running back and forth from Antarctica... through NZ and Chile... planned air operations and movements for the US Antarctic Research Program... it was a cool assingment... the living time not in CHCH or on the ice was in Ventura/Malibu, CA. Decided that NZ had fewer guns... :-)


>Sounds like you are living your dream! Of all the places I have traveled around this world, NZ would be at the top of my list of "When I hit the Lotto, I'm moving to...". Beautiful country, great people.
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>What were you doing in NZ with the Army? Sounds like great duty.
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>>GOTCHA!! I was born in Houston, raised in California... ironically - Livermore, California... LOL.. did a lot of years in the US Army, that's how I found NZ... love it here...
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>>Weather is good here... been a mild summer to break a drought we had for a few years... but today is 21C and looking good...
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