I'm writing this from Queenstown on 14 Feb--happy Valentines Day to all my readers. My last post ended promising a report on Peter and Gerlinde's helo ride. The hike was less than they had hoped. We did another drive thru glorious NZ scenery from Franz Josef Glacier to Queenstown. Highlights included Mt Aspiring National Park and 2 beautiful blue lakes. Queenstown is in a stunning location and we stayed in an apt right on the lake overlooking the Remarkables Mountains. After one night here, we drove to Manapouri for an overnight boat trip on Doubtful Sound, the northernmost big fjord in Fiordlands National Park. That was our 7th NZ national park. It was a great trip, which I promise to report on in more detail. Drove back to Queenstown this afternoon in time to pack and go to a meeting on the 8-day hike on the Milford and Routeburn Tracks that begins at 9:15 tomorrow morning. I plan to carry the iPad on the hike so I can blog along the way. Posts will have to wait until we return to Queenstown on Feb. 22.
We had a farewell dinner with Peter and Gerlinde this evening. They will take us to our bus to the hike tomorrow morning, then fly back to the US tomorrow afternoon. We will miss them. We started planning our NZ photo review dinner for when we are all back in Annapolis.
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