Hoping we can meet one day. My Nov & Dec schedule is definitely filling up fast but as I said, it's an easy day trip for me so assuming you'll be in the San Fran area at least a week, and that it's not while I'm in Hawaii, it should certainly be do-able. You have my email address saved too, right? Cheriepie(at)gmail so feel free to ping me on there if you like.
Wow, is there anywhere you aren't going?
If you can email us a couple of weeks before, we can arrange to meet - Te Anau would be a bit closer for us to get to, but you might not be there except early morning and evening if you're going to Fiordland. We may just have to dump our son with the grandparents and do an adults-only road trip (otherwise it would be a very long day for him).
We are in Te Anau the nights of 5th and 6th of Jan. We are staying at "The house of wood cottage" houseofwood.co.nz. We will be driving there from Queenstown where we are staying on the 4th. Just let me know which is best for meeting up. We plan to have a look round Queenstown on the morning of 5th and then drive to Te Anau, which I think is just a couple of hour away. On the 6th we hope to book the bus tour to Milford Sound.So the afternoon of 5th would be great if you can make it, or else the 4th in Queenstown.
If anyone is interested in following our trip John has started a web page where we will write a blog and put photos. www.travelpod.com/members/john-vanda
Teachie. I did know about this fabulous trip you and your husband are going on but I did not know about the blog. I would love to follow this, are you going to post the link on FB also?
Eek! Leaving soon. Have a great trip! If you have definite date for Las Vegas let me know and I will try to arrange a trip down at the same time. Would love to meet you.