NZ Journal Day 7 (11/15/16): After many back to back days of trekking, today we took it easy and explored the town of Lake Wanaka and the road to Mt. Aspiring National Park which follows the beautiful Matukituki River. [...]
NZ Day 6 Journal (11/14/16): After our big hike on the Routeburn Track yesterday, today was supposed to be a rest day. We drove up the 13km winding road into The Remarkables ski resort which stands above Queenstown to [...]
NZ Day 5 Journal (11/13/16): Today we tackled a portion of the famed Routeburn track, knocking out a 21km out and back hike from the Routeburn Shelter to Routeburn Falls. This trail is one of New Zealand's nine Great [...]
NZ Day 4 Journal (11/12/16): Leaving Twizel this morning we headed to the Clay Cliffs in Omarama, had an amazing lunch in Cromwell, then it was on to Queenstown for dinner and some rest before tomorrow's big trek! [...]
NZ Day 3 Journal (11/11/16): Although it rained ALL day today, we bundled up and explored Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, driving the shores of Lake Pukaki and hiking the Hooker Valley Track to Hooker Valley Glacier and Lake. Possibly [...]
NZ Day 2 Journal (11/10/16): After stargazing in the early hours, we started the day with a back road, wash board drive from Lake Tekapo over to Lake Pukaki. Hiked to Tasman Glacier deep in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National [...]
