Three weeks of driving, fishing, hiking, site seeing, rain, sun, smelly clothes, wet shoes, and sleeping in a van have finally ended and back to the shearing sheds we go. Our trip started out leaving Alexandra on March 4th and headed straight for Queenstown for a few supplies. My hiking pants were ripped, my headlamp …
I guess I should spare everyone from one my most recent New Zealand discoveries, but I can’t help it. In these past few weeks of working with sheep I learned (and witnessed) that a live sheep can have maggots living on them. This can be caused from a special fly that has come here from …
A day in the life of the sheep shearing business, this is how it works. Peter Lyons and his wife Elsie have a sheep shearing contract business, one of the largest in New Zealand in fact, shearing 1.5 million sheep per year. They live near the small town of Alexandra where they have several horses, …
Merry Christmas to all! I can assure you that Christmas is not the same in all parts of the world. First of all, it may only be Christmas Eve back home in the US, but it is Christmas Day in New Zealand. It is very much different having warm weather, sunny days, and palm trees …
Have you ever seen a man stand and pee off of a front porch and then immediately start to pass out (without any alcohol)? Until last night I had not had this wonderful experience myself. So after Tony had 10 hours of stomach pain and nearly passed out on his peeing perch, we rushed him …
We left Yellowstone on 10/19 and have had a long road trip. With the Honda Civic packed to the max, 2 dogs, and Tony & I, we have covered a good amount of territory. After a hotel in South Dakota, another hotel in Missouri, and a wonderful night in TN with our friends Chrissy and …
I am officially 29, the last year of my twenties, but this age has started out well so far, with plenty of good surprise. Friday I got a wonderful surprise at work when 2 boxes were delivered to my gift shop from FedEx, which never happens. Inside were two very lovely flower arrangements from Tony. …