Our first order of business was riding a Hagglund. 
Here's some information on the crazy machine that we rode/floated in. 
I'm pretty sure that these things were designed to be a 9-year old's dream. 
We spent a lot of time watching the penguins. 
One of the many other things you can do while at the Antarctic Center is go into a room that simulates an Antarctic storm. And, yes, to answer your question, I fully appreciate the irony of leaving a place where snow is expected for the other side of the world, where it's warm and then paying money to visit a place that celebrates the cold. 
You may be asking yourself what Noah, Megan and Pam did while we were out having fun. The girls took Noah to the urgent care to get checked out where they determined he had a double-ear infection. We can't do anything easily. Anyway, after being out and about all day, we headed over to Barry and Denise Williams for dinner. After dinner, Barry took Megan and me around to show us the container stores that had popped up in place of the businesses that had been destroyed after the earthquakes of the past 15 months. The container stores were really neat, but the earthquake damage was just heart-breaking.
Cranes tearing down buildings 10+ stories tall. 
Empty lots where shops and homes once stood. 
A site you see far too often around downtown Christchurch. 
This used to be a church and those holes in the sides used to be filled with brick masonry. 
This steeple used to be on top of the church but has been taken down for safety reasons. 
During the drive around, we noticed the roads were particularly wavy. According to Barry, before the earthquakes they were all flat. It's just tragic to see everything that has happened to Christchurch over the past 15 months. And, today, they had a few more large 5+ magnitude earthquakes.
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