We're here in Christchurch. We came in mid-day yesterday after a beautiful ride thru Arthur's Pass. It was very foggy and there was a lot of low cloud coverage. It meant that we didn't get to see the full beauty of the pass. But it was still gorgeous as you can see from the photos, and it cleared a bit toward the end.
We dropped the campervan at the Apollo store. I noticed that those people picking up looked a bit perkier, happier and all around less haggard than those of us dropping off. Just sayin. Boy was that thing gross. Jason and I weren't sad to see it go.
Since we've missed posting last few batches of photos, you guys are getting three slide shows below.
The first starts with our visit to the Hukawai glacier center in Franz Josef Glacier. We read all about how glaciers are formed, the different types of local animals and a bit on Maori (native NZ) stories of how the glacier came about. The seaside town of Hokitika was next.
And the kids asked if Grandpa could build one of these
I told them we would ask.
Then we drove on to Shantytown - gold mining town from the late 1800's where we panned for gold. We got some too. Man we Cavanagh's are cool. Shhh...don't tell the kids that every pan had a bit a gold in it.
Jason was quite naughty
Then on to the Greymouth holiday park. We topped the day off watching the sunset on the beach.
This vacationing sure is hard work!
Yesterday we traveled through Arthur's Pass to Christchurch - those pics are in the second slideshow.
Today's pics are in the third. Not as many. The Antartic Center was a hit. Check out the kids in the snow room.
We hit a really, really great Korean restaurant to top it off. I was irritated with Jason for picking it at first because I just knew the kids would hate it. But they actually had fun, and ate (even if only a little). Didn't really matter because by the time they brought all the little bowls I was hooked. We left stuffed. Thinking about going back tomorrow.
Enjoy! And don't worry about us, we're having a blast.
A
3 comments:
What an exciting trip...it's going to be hard to return to reality! Jay, I can't believe you bungie-jumped...what an adrenaline rush that must have been!
Angie, your pictures are amazing...I feel like I'm right there with you all! Enjoy your last few days in NZ!
Love you,
Mom
Cheryl
What an exciting trip! The pictures are gorgeous! Can't wait to catch up with you again. Be safe. Love you guys.
Time to update the blog.
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