Holding a copy of the wonderfully generous award that let us be here. Thank to the Thomas Morsch family, the Chicago Bar Foundation, and my wonderful colleagues at ALCC who put me up for the award.
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Paeroa.
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100 degrees wouldn't be so bad if it were Fahrenheit. It's not.
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Crazy, I know. It's exactly what happened before with the fire truck in Chicago. I'm just hovering around taking photos and next thing you know, someone is inviting me into the driver's seat and taking my photo. Thanks, Captain Darryl!
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At the Hell's Gate thermal park. The only one of the dozen or so thermal parks owned by the Maori.
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