We are flying from Chicago to San Francisco to Auckland to Christchurch ... OMG WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!
Seriously, that is the itinerary. We leave on July 24th, land on July 26th. I've booked us lodging for a week at
Central Park Motor Lodge.
Hopefully it won't take us too long to find a house to rent and get the broadband hooked up so my wife can start working.
Of course, with every sweet there must be a little sour--I found out that it is going to take 75 days for my shipping container to make its way from Boston to Lyttelton!

I'll be eating sandwiches on paper plates and sleeping wrapped in newspapers for a month! And, you know what ... I don't even care!
