{"id":37,"date":"2014-11-28T01:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-12-10T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:14:24","slug":"hurry-up-and-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/2014\/11\/28\/hurry-up-and-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurry Up and Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a trip like this, where we literally can not afford to “miss the boat”, we have to show up a couple of days early to work the inevitable contingency plan.\u00a0 And this was no different, there was a foul up getting our stuff out of customs.\u00a0 But it is one of those “Hurry Up and Wait” scenarios where we need to do something right away, then the rest of the system can proceed at it’s own pace.\u00a0\u00a0 So after doing our vital part, we had some time to drive through the countryside and see some spectacular things.<\/p>\n

Akaroa<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a town on an old volcano where the caldera has opened to the sea.\u00a0 It is not only incredibly beautiful, but cruise ships come in here and send motor launches to the dock.\u00a0 From this point, you can get a Swimming with Dolphins boat to go swim with the rare Hector’s Dolphins<\/a>. This is evidently popular.<\/p>\n

\"Akaroa<\/a>

The southern portion of Akaroa Bay<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cruise<\/a>

Cruise Ship in Akaroa Bay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Castle Hill<\/a><\/strong> is an impressive limestone formation that visually\u00a0 jumps out of the background as you approach it, demanding further exploration.\u00a0 The sense of contrast between these boulders and the rest of the terrain is difficult to describe.<\/p>\n

\"Castle<\/a>

Limestone boulders on Castle Hill<\/p><\/div>\n

This outcropping is just part of a layer of limestone in this region.\u00a0 Another nearby section is the Cave Stream<\/a>.\u00a0 This is, surprisingly, a cave with a stream running through. \u00a0 We tried to explore this but were not prepared to walk in cold,\u00a0 waist deep water for half a mile.\u00a0 But this is on the to-do list if I come back.\u00a0 We were both impressed that such a thing is open to the public.\u00a0 In the US it would be blocked off because someone might get hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a trip like this, where we literally can not afford to “miss the boat”, we have to show up a couple of days early to work the inevitable contingency plan.\u00a0 And this was no different, there was a foul up getting our stuff out of customs.\u00a0 But it is one of those “Hurry Up… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 16:29:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/spaceweather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}