so. a lot has happened since we last updated. Its strange how much fuller your days become when you aren't working all the time.

After our beautiful retreat to Taylors Mistake and a quite adventurous weekend enjoying christchurch to its fullest (we walked through a cute craft fair outdoor market, watched a parade, happened upon the opening speeches / events for the international squash tournament, which was apparently happening the next week, and ate some pretty good Japanese food). We laid a bit low for the next couple of days while planning the next move and then decided it was time to leave for Wanaka, our next adventure.

We left Friday morning and it was the most amazing spring weather and the most beautiful drive. The town itself surrounds a clear blue lake and is, itself, surrounded by terribly picturesque mountains. It is a cute ski town and dana couldn't stop talking about how much her dad would like it (and should retire there, so she could visit).

Anyway, after exploring the town we decided it was time to finally start tramping and did an overnight jaunt to a hut in the mountains. It was incredible. The walk there was perfect spring weather and we had an ideal view of Rob Roy glacier. We stayed in a nice hut and woke up early the next morning. The weather wasn't too ideal (a bit of wind and rain) so we figured it would probably be a good idea to head back down to the car instead of adventuring too much in the mountains.

In retrospect, this was a great decision because during our walk back to the carpark there was an ubelievable ammount of wind. We probably couldn't have walked at all if it wasn't a tail wind, and itstead we just stumbled and laughed lots and worked to keep ourselves balanced and held our arms out lots. We also enjoyed the sheep and had copious ammounts of fun working to communicate and make friends with them, despite being unsuccessful in most of our attempts to even get close to them at all.

Anyway. After the tramp we drove back to Wanaka and decided, once again, that it was time for our next adventure.

We left this morning for Queenstown and are planning to spend the night at a campground and use the next couple of days to prepare for the Milford Tramp, which we are starting next wednesday.

We'll keep in touch and upload the pictures shortly!