all good things must come to an end

i have 15 minutes before i catch a shuttle to the airport in auckland, and then 3 hours until i leave this country for a very long time - but definitely not forever. i went on a last-minute jaunt over to fiji for 8 days, which was quite the experience, and this time tomorrow, (but technically, because of that whole international dateline thing, still today - whoa!) i will be kickin it in LA (hell ay). So, I'll try to get the last few pictures up, and maybe even developed once i get home. dear new zealand, i love you. until we meet again...
xoxxx

glaciers, sunsets, and pirate ships

on the five-minute walk up to the franz josef glacier, there was a bench, so we took a much-needed break. look how winded we are.

oh hey, gla-ci-er

hanging around the pirate ship

side trip down to a gorgeous gorge with helen and carl. 

lovely weather on the west coast

waving across the tasman to the lovely miss tatlow

Mt Cook from the beach we camped at

the fox glacier

The West coast

waterfalls, gorgeous beaches... the us'

Side trip up to some natural hot springs

we're cute

oftentimes, i wake up and look out my tent window and this is what i see

dusky track: check

after two days of pouring rain, this what what the trail looked like.

snow on the pass

you can't really tell, but it's snowing 

dear gary, we love you, and cliff bars.

what now, ralph? 

dusky, dusky, dusky

I found the only wet spot in the middle of a meadow, and sunk up to my thigh

the sound

Side trip down to the sound; view from our hut.  This is what we swam across the next morning.

waterfall on the way back from supper cove, after our morning dip.

The wait is over: Dusky Track

At the start of the track, ready to kick the dusky's ass.

One of the 21 three-wire cable "bridges."  Not really a bridge at all, more like a tightrope. 

Side trip up to a peak by Lake Roe

Oh hey, beautiful day.  That's Dusky sound in the distance.

Jumping for joy at the top of the peak; southern alps in the background