Alas- Still in NZ

This morning started off exactly like yesterday morning (with a 4:45 am knock on my door informing me that the flight had been delayed another 24hr and I should go back to sleep). Word on the street is that the weather in McMurdo is fine for flying, but the weather in the spot where our plane needs to drop off supplies on the way back from McMurdo is bad... so we don't get to fly in. So it goes down here I suppose.

Fortunately, we were somehow able to distract ourselves from the bitter disappointment of a second postponement by driving up to Kaikoura and taking in more of New Zealand's amazing landscape (we also saw a lot more sheep, a bunch of cows, some farmed deer, and even a few llamas). Here are a few pictures from our excursion:

Cathedrals Viewing Point - a stop along the way to Gore Bay (disclaimer: Gore Bay doesn't have any places to buy food!)

Another stop on the way to Kaikoura

Limestone Cliffs at Kaikoura

Kaikoura is also home to a seal colony - most of them are pretty stationary, but this guy got up to find a better sunbathing position

As far as getting to Antarctica goes... we'll try again in the morning and hopefully the third time's a charm.