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Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman in Montana reminded me of Dunedin - a place people live, experience and are often drawn back to. With the outdoors and many...
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Teton Pass
Winter road trip view as we headed towards Bozeman from Jackson Hole (over the Teton Pass). So pretty but a little treacherous at times ❄️
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Hops on Hops
As we do our road trip around Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, it turns out there are many craft breweries along the way. So our ski trip has...
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Local Wildlife - Bison
Local wildlife - when a herd of wild bison blocked the road in Yellowstone National Park yesterday. Bison numbers in North America were...
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Ski the Trees
Skiing the trees 🌲 They take a bit of awkward extracting when you ski into the branches or fall backwards into the deep snow around the...
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Jackson Hole!
Jackson Hole! Minus 3 degrees and under an elk antler archway. Sitting on each corner of the main town square, these hand constructed...
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Elderflower Bubble Success!
I think I actually had a little happy squeal last night! My elderflower ‘champagne’ worked out really well! Lightly effervescent,...
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Secret Seat in St Clair
I followed some overgrown trails in the sand dunes above St Clair beach last week on Friday and at the end of it, I found this lovely spot
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Christmas Jersey Bennes
Today we finished off our Oamaru Jersey Benne potatoes I stocked up on over Christmas. I have discovered I can polish off quite vast...
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Wild Flower - Viper’s Bugloss
Viper’s Bugloss - a wild flower seen throughout Central Otago at the moment, and has turned some of our paddocks into a purple blue haze....