Luxury
It’s been over a week since we’ve really been around internet access and the last few days i’ve simply been soaking up the luxriousness of my Aunt’s house. We are for all intents and purposes, done with our bike tour. Margaret’s house is about 50 kms from our drop off point and Skyler’s and Lucas’ bikes have broken more spokes... Read More
Sunshine!
We’ve run into 7 days of forecasted sunshine wooo! We’ve done a lot since Fox Glacier so I won’t be able to fit all of the sweet stuff in, but here are some highlights… Fox Glacier and Mt. Cook, from Gillespie beach at dusk After recouping in fox glacier we rode a short, but still hilly, 20 km out to Gillespie beach. It was incredible... Read More
…and my butt is still sore
Our legs hurt but you’re never too tired for jumping photos in spandex! Riding from Wanaka to Makaroa was pretty easy as far as the gradient and wind goes, but about 10 kilometers out of ‘town’ it started raining hard. It was mostly down hill and we were just in our spandex and shirts so we were getting pretty chilled. Makaroa consists of two cafes,... Read More
Ow, my butt hurts
We are back in Wanaka, but this time we are on bikes! We rode about 35 miles from Queenstown to Cromwell yesterday. Riding loaded bikes was a new experience for us all and I think we all nearly took a spill doing routine things. Skyler almost ate it trying to stand up and pedal, I almost fell trying to maneuver from the sidewalk to the street, and Lucas fell... Read More
Sore Feet
IMG_1317Originally uploaded by bricedahlmeier After about 14 days of tramping, it seems we are heading into our last leg of our journey… the bike tour. Our feet are tired so now we’re going to give our butts a go. We just finished two tramps–the Gillespie Pass and the Cascade Saddle to the Rhees track. Both hikes were incredibly beautiful. Unfortunately my... Read More
Swimming on the Dusky
We got off of the Dusky track about two days ago. We ended up cutting out a two day section of the hike so that we wouldn’t get stuck on the track (and everyone said that this part was the least spectacular of the whole trail anyways). The night before we left it rained four inches in Te Anua. We decided to go because it seemed it was impossible to avoid... Read More
From Queenstown…
We’ve covered some serious ground since leaving Motueka. We drove South through Hamner Springs where we went for a soak in a strange hot springs/water park thing. Then we were off to Christchurch where we stayed with Denise, one of Margaret’s friends. We saw some pretty hilarious prop comics perform in the Busker’s Festival–a collection... Read More
Burger King in NZ still sucks (and is expensive)
We arrived in New Zealand without any hiccups. All of the hostels were full so we checked into a ‘hotel’ in Auckland. Apparently spontanaeity isn’t the best strategy to find shelter in the heat of the school holidays. After setting our bags down, we decided Burger King was our best option for food for reasons that still escape me. ... Read More
