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Miles at 21 months (some afternoon photos)

Miles at 21 months

Good luck today mama!

Day 2 in Dunedin continued

This afternoon my host, Janice Murray, took me hiking at Sand Fly Beach, which is located on the Dunedin Peninsula. It earned its named because of the high winds that cause the sand to fly not because it is particularly buggy. There is also a colony of yellow-eyed penguins that live there but we did not spot any of those. This is the same hike Janice took Lynn Nadel and Mary Peterson on (2 faculty members in the Arizona Psychology Department) 6 years ago when they were here.

The hike was gorgeous, and yes hilly. This time, however, the hills involved walking up soft sand in bare feet. Also, the weather was perfect! Warm with no wind. Here are the pictures.




After the hike we drove to St. Kilda's beach. This is where the people go to swim and surf. Dunedin has many faces. It is a college town, an industrial harbor town, a hilly hiker's paradise, and yes a beach town all in one. The next two photos are of St. Kilda's beach.
This one is for Drew. This is the famous Neil McNaughton home. I want us to go there.

Day 2 in Dunedin

Thanks Dunedin for looking out for me. As many of you know, I suck at crossing streets. I often do not look and several of you have probably pulled me back from a moving car. Well no need to worry about me in Dunedin, as every intersection near the university has this cute little reminder spray painted on the sidewalk.
I walked all over the Northeast Valley of Dunedin this morning to get to Baldwin Street, which is the world's steepest street. I should have looked at a topo map when picking my route, however, because I think I walked up the world's 2nd and 3rd steepest streets to get there. Here is a picture of the Northest Valley from Clyde Street.
A cool old house on Lovelock Avenue.
One of many entrances to the Botanical Gardens. There are fabulous running trails in here. I ran through last night, and it was quite hilly.
A view of the peninsula and Dunedin from the North Cemetery.
The start of Baldwin street. I am sorry Dad, but I could not run it. My legs were tired from the hilly 4km it took me to walk there, and I still have a hike this afternoon.
Usually hills do not come out in photos. But I think you can get the point.



After Baldwin Street, I went back to the Botanical Gardens to get some pictures. These are free to walk through and amazing.
The rose garden.

The greenhouse.
Another entrance to the gardens. I am told that these public gardens are very common in New Zealand.

Picture exchange with Sara

Greetings from Dunedin

Currently it is a little after 8:30pm in Dunedin, but there is still so much light outside that it could be the middle of the day. In Tucson it is 12:30am yesterday and my internal clock is completely lost. Overall, I am excited and a little lonely. There is something about being so far from Drew and Miles, and everyone else I love for that matter, that adds to a feeling of isolation. Otherwise, Dunedin is beautiful. There are killer hills around every corner and I already took a run in the Botanical Garden that kicked my butt.

Anyway, here are some pics from today.

One of the quaint buildings that is located in the Psychology cluster.
Here are the labs named after Drew's and my 'Grand-Advisor' Graham Goddard.

The clock tower on central campus.
The Leith Channel. I ran along this today to get to the Botanical Gardens.
More of the channel.
This is the brand new psychology building. I love that it is named after William James.
Another view of the new building. This did not exist when Drew and I were here 4.5 years ago for our honeymoon.
The Kindergarten on campus. It has a pretty cool outdoor play space. What do you think Miles?

One last view of the Kindergarten, it is right across from the channel.
Yes there are ferns everywhere! So pretty.