Arrived!

After a very long but uneventful flight from Denver to Wellington via San Francisco and Auckland, we finally arrived in gale force winds to the Land Of Middle Earth. Look who was there to great us at the Wellington airport:

Then Mark and Linda Baxter took us on a quick driving tour of the city, passing by the theater that hosted the World Premier of The Hobbit:

and ending with a beautiful overlook of Wellington, despite the winds from the Cook Strait:

And though we have yet to see a Hobbit, We did get a chance to catch these Trolls at the museum

Tonight we are looking forward to our first New Zealand Leg of lamb of which I hope there will be many. Tomorrow we interview with the Medical board to finish the licensure process. Be seeing you, Carolyn and Eric