South Island

New Zealand: Part One

After years of dreaming, months of planning, and 21 hours of flying, we made it half way across the world to the beautiful country of New Zealand! Visiting the south pacific has been a dream of mine ever since I started communicating with my pen-pal in third grade. For 16 years Casey Palmer and I wrote hand-written letters and exchanged life stories while living half way across the world. My dream of someday experiencing the beautiful south pacific first hand…