A visit from Melissa and Mark gave Kimball and I a great excuse to explore parts of New Zealand we still hadn't seen. It started in Kaikoura, the whale capital of New Zealand. Kimball and I got there a day earlier and had a successful day whale-spotting.
When Melissa & Mark arrived the next day, they joined in the fun.
The fabulous snowy mountain backdrop (and that's in summer!).
We swam with hundreds and hundreds of dolphins.
The most amazing thing was that they would circle you curiously and then leap right over the water next to you.
What fun-loving animals. We just couldn't get enough of them. What a treat!