Aurora Chasing

I've always wanted to see the northern/southern lights and had been keeping a close eye on the forecasts the whole time we'd been traveling through NZ. Finally, on Sunday, it looked like we might get lucky. We drove a few hours to a freedom campground we thought would be well placed for a decent south-facing view. I took the wild sky on our drive as a good omen.

We made sure to prepare all the important supplies for a night of star-gazing.

Then I finally got my wish! I was surprised to find that my Huawei Mate9's camera in "advanced" mode was good enough to pick up the colors. So awesome!

The next morning, we made the last leg of our campervan journey back to Christchurch. We dropped off the van and broke our 2-month vegetarian stint with a succulent, dry-aged, grass-fed steak and a bottle of great New Zealand pinot noir at a spectacular steakhouse called Bessie.