Modern explorers, endless newness: New Zealand Week Seven

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

It's pure peace. Like I’m living inside a meditation tape, I hear only the soothing waves of the sea. Open my eyes and I'm still there – perched on a driftwood log, watching the tide slide out of Tasman Bay.

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Cruising to the Capital, and Away to South Island: New Zealand Week Six

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

On every cycle tour, there are stretches where little glitches start to nag: something rubbing on your tire that you can't quite figure out, never catching enough morning sun to dry out your tent, or every night someone different having to pee at 2am...

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Volcano treks and extraordinary kindness: New Zealand Week Five

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

It's easy to underestimate what a kid can do. Their little legs require double the effort to get the same results as the fully-grown, and their willpower is prone to simple distractions like a stick shaped like a sword, or a rock... any rock.

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Rolling like the hills: The ups and downs of New Zealand Week Four

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

After a rough night of wild camping and some upset tummies, we had almost completed a redeeming trio of spectacular hikes to a waterfall, an underground cave and a massive rock arch, when Sitka discovered the goopy insides of a seemingly dry, car-tire-sized cow...

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If it rains, go swimming! New Zealand Week Three

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Over six months of cycling, it's gonna rain. Despite our lucky track record of great weather on bike trips, we knew we’d be in for the odd string of soggy days. And when it gets wet, we both get a bit grouchy. But Heron...

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Adapting adds to the adventure: New Zealand Week Two

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

With enough willpower and protein bars, just about any place in the world is accessible by bike. Some fewer, however, if you're towing a 75-lb. trailer with a five-year-old.

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Maori greetings, wave racing and a cyclone: New Zealand Week One

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Within the first seven days of our six month adventure across the Pacific, we met a kiwi bird up close, delivered 55 pizzas in our bike trailer to a camp of skydiving competitors, snorkelled with snappers and angelfish, and were rescued from a cyclone...

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Oceania Odyssey!

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

We're busy in New Westminster planning for our upcoming adventure - a six-month cycling odyssey through Australia, New Zealand and French Polynesia! 6,000 km, two Bike Friday folding tandems, a tent, and two very excited little boys!

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Offline summertime

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

Now that graduation has come and gone I am unplugging and going offline with kids for the next eight weeks. We'll be cycling through the Cascade Mountains and Kettle Valley Railway, camping in Gatineau Park and cottaging with our extended family in Muskoka.

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Graduation from BINM!

by Dr Jocelyn Land-Murphy

After four incredibly rich and demanding years at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, I have graduated with my Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine designation!

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