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| Mount Cook view this morning |
This morning the sun was shining, which was not
forecast or expected but certainly well received as we left Te Anau on the
drive to Twizel. The sun was shining on the mountains with snow, the rivers and
streams the colour of glacier water and with sheep and cows and little towns it
was a wonderful experience. The trip took us through Queens town, past the bungee jumps and shot-over jets and parachuting etc , before we stopped for
lunch in a place named Cromwell. We had a nice snack at a bakery and then some
shopping for tonight dinner and so laden with two nice rib eye steaks and some coleslaw and other stuff including a bottle of ‘Yellowtale’ red plonk off we
went in the direction of Twizel which overlooks the Mount Cook chain of of
mountains which are still having snow on top and looked really great. We are modelling
it tonight at the Aspen Court Motel which is very nice and recommended highly
by Trip Advisor reports.
Noel cooked the steaks, it’s always difficult when you don’t
know how hot the cooker is only this time it’s a ceramic hob with bright red
lights but anyway the steak was fine. And so the rest of the evening was spent
reading, Ipoding and watching TV. Tomorrow we go to Akaroa which is Noels
favourite place in NZ and so can’t wait to pitch the tent.
What a great day it was...
