We are in New Zealand!

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Not yet a full blog post for today. But do want to say we all completed the journey here. New post should be up perhaps in the next few hours.

Sioux Falls Group Leaving for Dallas TX



Finally Seeing the Coast of Australia After 17-hour Flight

Plane We Rode from Australia to New Zealand






Opposite Flowing Directions of Traffic














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