Spent morning at scenic Lake Tekapo (including a somewhat harrowing ascent UP a steep mountain to an observatory, only to find the pinnacle enshrouded in clouds). Fortunately, the anxiety of the ride up made us stay a while to chill out a bit and, within an hour or so, the clouds separated and the views (albeit slightly still obscured) were AMAZING!!! Pics coming soon.<\/p>\n
With new-found courage, and a bit of faith, we descended back down the very steep and narrow, two-way, 4km road. Safe and sound at the bottom, we stopped along the lake for a home-made lunch in the camper (I say, “we should name this thing…”. mkl suggests “Willy”, I think that might just work – you read it here, first, people!). Wait, mkl just suggested “Beethoven”…and I didn’t get it, but then he explained it to me… Did you get it? Post your answer in the comments!<\/p>\n
next: a stop at the Church of the Good Shephard and then a short drive to Lake Pukaki (no relation to the “wallet” incident of yesterday), and then we’re off to Wanaka! We’ve just contacted a flightseeing company for a booking tomorrow morning, but haven’t heard back yet.<\/p>\n
Check our blog in a day or two to see ‘where in the world is maria&michael”!<\/p>\n
~m&m<\/p>\n
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