New Zealand

Just got back from the south island of New Zealand. We rented a shitty little car, a ford festiva, to get around, I thought it was comparable with the Geo, but no.. it had one more cylinder than Lester. It was fun, we saw all the crazy Lord of the Rings scenary. We went down to fiordland to see the towering mountains sloping into the water. the boat at one point slowed and turned right into a water fall close enough to get all who were in front wet. We also saw some glaciers, I cant wait till I'm old and I can say, "Back in my day, we had 9 planets in our solar system and huge mountains of ice that would carve mountains away." and then my children would laugh and put me in a home. Last night and the night before we camped at a place called "Hangdog" it was a climbers campground. there were hippies everywhere, it smelled, but the climbing was fun. When we first got there I heard hippies playing flutes everywhere even in the trees. turns out they were just these really crazy birds (I have them fluting on video in the background of eric climbing) Able Tazman, the national park we were camping near had awesome beaches and great hikes. Now we are heading for Wherapapa, and then back to Auckland so Eric can catch his flight to Australia. When I get to Auckland I will have time to post pictures (all of them).