On August 9th, we drove from Wellington to Rotorua . Along the way we passed through Bulls, NZ , as well as the vicinity of Mt. Doom , and the mud pool at Waiotapu . The Flickr set . Next, Rotorua and the geothermal sites. I probably won't post that until next week, when I am back from Worldcon. Photos © 2013, Joseph E. Lake, Jr., B. Lake, and Lisa Costello. This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr., B. Lake and Lisa Costello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License .