Wānaka, home for now
Will and I have been living in Wānaka for almost two months now and it has been a refreshing change to our months of travel on foot. For one, we have a consistent income, both working full time. Our community is also consistent, forming friendships that will undoubtedly last long after our kiwi adventure ends. I have been working at the ski field which has allowed for time on skis and pretty new to me, a snowboard!! Most of my friends on the mountain are boarders and they have been trying their luck on skis as well. As much as I hoped, the snow has not yet fallen in feet like the dumps we get back home on Mt.Hood, but rather in centimeters with a few here and there. I have not given up hope yet, though! Taking the sunny weather as an opportunity to hit the mountain bike trails just meters from our house, and (slowly) getting back in to trail running. As soon as we moved out of the van and into to a house, I picked up my baking hobby, making loaves of sourdough, banana bread, and croiss...