Gnats were everywhere this morning: 1.20.11

"Oh no," said Carrie outside our tent. "They are everywhere."
I woke to the sound of frantic swatting this morning at our campsite outside Nelson Lakes National Park near Murchison, New Zealand. Thousands of gnats were instantly upon us, and we made it out of our campsite in record time- one hour, our best yet. For the next 60 kilometers to Murchison we kept feeling their bites and finding them hiding in bags. We are all covered in little red spots but are happy to have escaped.

We've been a bit behind on our blog postings and are doing our best to catch up with limited internet availability. Thought it would be good to post something that happened just a few hours ago. Thanks to all our followers, you inspire us to keep going!