Backpacking

So it's taken about a week to get around to updating this...sorry bout that. We arrived safely in Christchurch and pretty much conked out for a good twenty hours before getting around to enjoying the city. It was fun, good food, good beer, pretty much all you could ask for plus a beautiful central park/garden and live music pretty much everywhere (we managed to get here right in the middle of their flower festival :o)
We meant to post pictures today but our SD card reader on the laptop has decided to poop out on us, so hopefully we will be finding another way to move pictures around soon.
A few days ago we left the city and headed north to take in the Kaikoura penninsula and Hanmer Springs respectively, nice relaxing times all around .
Currently we are exploring the Mt. Cook area, we found this awesome campsite right at the base of Mt. Sefton, its amazing (and here's where those photos would have come in handy) Its just a set of huge glaciated peaks, like a third of the Mt. Cook park is covered in glaciers and you can get practically on top of them. We've been doing small tracks here and there and around every corner you're just amazed by another crazy sight... I think we'll be here a few more days taking it all in.
After that the plan is to head south/east to the coast .... talk to you then!
peace and love,
Ev and Nicole

So we got through graduation and moving out of Corvallis (phew!)... We started on the PCT June 24th in Seiad Valley, CA.
We had a bit of a rough start, the first day was straight uphill all day and there were lightning storms and fires in the few days to follow. Nicole dropped out early in Ashland, opting to drive ahead to the next stop and play support team for the next few weeks :o) Emmett and Olivia roughed it out untill Crescent Lake, Or. Yvonne kicked ass and made it to Bend, Or. And Everett and Ryan hauled themselves all the way through Oregon to just north-east of Mt. Adams in Washington. I'm putting a few of my pictures on here but a full collection can be found on our flikr site...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificcrest/