hello good morning welcome back to my channel or if you're new here hi my name's carrie
today we are taking a little bit of a nature day it is saturday here in new zealand it's a
beautiful day the sun is shining we are coming in to fall a little bit so it's a bit crisp
but it's so beautiful out we packed some snacks for a nice picnic we're gonna do about a 10k
little track crazy how much the temperature can drop when you're not in the sunshine we are sort
of elevated where we're staying so the sun was out there was like no wind and so i was like i don't
even know if i need to wear this right now like it's so hot we get in the car and come over here
and the temperature just like drops dramatically so i might even have to put my puff on soon
lanky loves this although he just got very terrified when we crossed the bridge earlier
it's okay buddy don't worry it's okay honey it's okay come in with you let's go let's go little
guy it's okay bubs we'll be fine it's a little bit of a worry or lanka gets nervous about stuff keep
going bud you got it it's a little wiggly but it's okay it's okay honey it's okay bud come on come
on you got it let's go little guy it's okay bud come come on bubba no blanca don't go the other
let's go buddy he just wants to know he's like on the lead and that you have him i guess
we have been fronted working the road a fork in the road long competing so if we go this way we're
gonna go to the river if we go that way then we continue down the path and the trail it would
be kind of nice to see the river because we'd be able to have a picnic have a picnic by the water
back and follow the trail what would you guys do let me know in the comments below a or b i
think that we should go by the river how could we not walk down this gorgeous path i love when
a trail is shadowed with trees and then little peaks of light come through from the sunshine
through the leaves so lovely who else loves these little thumb holes in zip ups they're my favorite
just like give you that little extra bit more of warmth that you need for the for the pause
there is truly nothing better than getting outside
and just like hearing birds and feeling the sun and the crisp air
just like brings you life i love it i rarely bring you guys out with me on walks like this or like
when we do these little nature moments which is quite often now here in new zealand
but before when we were living in la they were kind of few and far between so i would always
just kind of unplug during that time and i would never really bring my computer or my camera with
me or anything so i never really shared it with you guys but i feel like we get enough nature time
now here in new zealand where i can start like implementing these parts of life that i just
love so much with you guys more so i hope you guys are looking forward to more nature look at these
ginormous beautiful ferns look at them alex just told me that they're called pongas
i've been blessed with a husband that knows what things are called these are called pangas and
they're essentially just really big ferns right yeah they look like palm trees but they're ferns
ferns are just so beautiful whenever i see them and we see them quite a bit here in new zealand
you just feel like you're in this like you've been transported to this magical land of fairies
and avatars and hobbits and hobbits lord of the rings fan look at this old tree it obviously
fell down recently but you can count how old it is by counting all these rings so you can see
it's what do you think probably a hundred maybe a little bit less
or more a bit more think of it more like that's a year yeah one two three four five six seven eight
nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen it goes all the way out to here you know
yeah you can start to like see this circles our rings a little bit less as it
goes further out so crazy how long a tree will last and how strong they are
massive okay we just reached the water and i cannot believe how beautiful this is
so pretty
we just found this little spot right here with this log that looks pretty good
for having some lunch on we had a little picnic blanket but we forgot it in the car so
sitting on logs will have to work alex is pointing to him because that was his
job one responsibility one responsibility we did the tongariro crossing when we were here
in 2019 and there's a clip in the vlog from it on alex's channel where
he like turns around and we realized that he didn't bring the sandwiches and i'm like that was
your one job that's like your dad's favorite quote yeah all of our vlogs he thinks it's so funny
i had a lot more responsibilities than just that one but the most important one lunch was forgotten
most important especially for how long was that when that was like eight hours yeah long now it is
a long one a sandwich would have been nice yeah we had other snacks luckily in my bag because i don't
mess around when it comes to snacks speaking of that i will show you guys everything that i packed
for our little picnic lanka knows that mom keeps the snacks in here so he's already like it's snack
time my favorite time i know the real question here but everybody wants to know it's what we
brought to snack on so let's do a what's in my trail in my picnic basket my trail bag essential
of course we have dog snacks so yes yes we have a combination of all your favorites in here
of course we have an apple because you always need that it's a good one for just like when you're
walking and you're just like biting into an apple kind of get hungry during the walk so in here
this is gonna be lanka's favorite because he loves cheese so we've got cheddar cheese and crackers
we got this comb honey at the farmer's market a couple weeks ago it's wildflower honey
so good and then this one i just did a little mediterranean inspired salad
situation with garbanzo red onion olive oil feta some tomatoes some olives green olives
oh this is my favorite this is what i'm looking forward to just sticking my fork into we just
did like a bag of like trail mix and dates and stuff like that but now we are going to eat oh yes
yummy all right
you go my friend thank you
all right tummies are full and now we are walking down that other part of the trail
that we showed you guys before look at all these big old gorgeous trees let's keep moving along
you guys hear that river and the birds it's so nice that's what's nice about
this trail is that you can hear the river the whole time it's definitely getting a
little bit colder now we probably have been walking along for about
three miles oh this is so pretty right here oh my gosh i love this like light that comes through
on the bridge if you don't follow me on instagram you probably don't know that our shipment from
america has been pushed back many different times so we've essentially been living in
new zealand since january with just our two suitcases that we brought
at the beginning of the year thanks for waiting for me monks he always like waits for me he
keeps the pack together anybody else's dog do that whenever we're on trails i love when he
just like stops and he's like wait mom's further behind so yeah that's that's kind of the thing um
we haven't had our hiking gear so i don't have my hiking boots i miss them
i a lot of the times when we're on trails i love my tivos because they
are so much more comfortable to me than my running shoes when i go on a hike though at least
because the teva is like especially if we can cross a stream or like we go by the water like
the tv's are so great because i can trek in them really easily but also they're great for if we
have to go by water or whatnot but i do miss my boots because my boots are waterproof anyways
that's a whole whole explanation of why i wore my tvs on the trail but um
i just i miss my hiking boots and i can't wait till they come so our stuff's actually getting to
new zealand within the next week and then we have a 10-day inspection so it's really close to being
here i miss my watercolors and my hiking boots the most she just finished we're getting back
to the car right now all in all it's about seven miles 10k ish is like six and a half miles but oh
we haven't done like a nice big trek in a while because we've just been waiting
for our boots we've been like trying to hold out for it my feet are fine with the tivas
like they feel great it's my thighs because we just haven't done a good trek like that and like
stretching in the middle of the parking lot like we're down in my world it'll be so nice when we
get our boots though that was i was like i was the guy in college at the party who'd be like talking
to you and then all of a sudden i'd like break into a stretch you still do that still do that
nothing makes me happier than keeping my family hydrated
this guy loves hydration like he smiles when everybody's drinking water such a thing
he's always like did you bring your water bottle babe we've got some fall colors happening here
in new zealand the street is so pretty full of these gorgeous fall trees look at this beautiful
oh my goodness so gorgeous oh it's getting cold out there we're coming into fall monkey
america is going into spring and summer and we're we're going to fall we're just
keeping the winter going no we got some really good summer time when we got here in january
and then now we're going to have some fall and winter and then we'll be back into the
spring recess that's the way seasons go um but it's the opposite here in case you did not know
it uh it's completely the opposite how lucky you started shedding for your little summer
coat he has a double coat and in the summer he starts shedding normally right before so that
he can lose some of his fur but that just wasn't the right season for you huh your fur's a little
bit confused i know we needed that double coat to stay on but he's definitely losing it so you know
what can you do i'm gonna warm this place up with this fire though alex is grabbing the kindling
i watered these two plants today and they've just kind of drained through so i left them outside
but i'm bringing them inside because it's going to probably get really cold tonight and i don't
want these little tropical house plants to freeze their little booties off also these slips guys
are the comfiest things and they're so warm new zealand is all about their slippers alex's mom
gifted me some well new zealand slippers before i had ever been here and um everyone was like you're
all about those slips when you're here and um i get it especially coming into the winter time it's
you wake up in the morning your toes are all cold and these just are life savers aren't they but you
don't need those though because you just have fur everywhere all over because you're just so koji
i wish you guys could feel lanka through the video because he's just the softest dog whenever
people pet him when we're out and about they're like whoa he's soft
like his fur is just i don't know how or why but oh don't dogs just smell so good like
he just smells good he's not smelly at all he's not a smelly dog i also put this little
like lavender spray on him that i got at this place called animates in new zealand
their petco is essentially animates they're very similar it's like you know the dog or the pet
superstore well i got him like a little lavender mist this natural mess that i put on him after we
wash him or just randomly and it smells so good and relaxing so this is it it's botanical mist
and it says refreshing aroma spa says infused with natural extracts that will leave
your pet smelling as wonderful as they feel cuddled up next to you
oh yes that's so nice
makes you so so good i'm laying down here i'm going to relax by the fire we're going to
get some reading in i'm gonna have some tea and end the night
here i hope that you guys enjoyed this vlog it was really fun to just kind of like bring
you guys along with me today i want to do videos like this more often because i feel like it's just
more of us just kind of connecting like one-on-one too which i really enjoy so i hope that you guys
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