New Zealand Travels
Presented by Mike and Jan Millspaugh
“An Adventure in New Zealand” is the theme of the chapter’s January 7, 2014, meeting. Chapter members Mike and Jan Millspaugh will present a slide show of their trip last August and September. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Ln, Redlands.
The Millspaughs visited Aukland, Rotorua, Queenstown, and several nearby sights during their 12-day adventure. Auckland is a modern city of four million people. Rotorua is a fascinating place of Maori culture, geysers, hot springs and boiling mud pots. It is the center of one of the world’s most lively fields of geothermal activity.
Queenstown on the South Island is a four season lake and alpine resort town. Called the adventure capital of the Southern Hemisphere, it is the place where bungee jumping was invented and features jet boat trips and other exhilarating outdoor activities. In the Southern Hemisphere late winter when the Millspaughs visited it was a vibrant ski town.
Mike is a retired special education teacher at Moreno Valley High School. Jan, also retired, was a clinical therapist with the San Bernardino County Department of Mental Health. They enjoy travel and in recent years have traveled to over 25 cities on five continents.
Programs begin at 7:30 p.m. at the San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree LN, Redlands
(California St. exit off 10 Fwy)