Hi all,
It's Monday here, Sunday back home, and a bit anxious to actually watch a Vikes game... there's a sportsbar about two blocks from our campground here in Queenstown, it's called the "Ministry of Sport" which appears to have a reasonable chance of playing NFL Football games. However they don't open for another hour. I've got the game on my computer and it appears that the Vikes are up 21-0 already ... awh crud, C. Taylor just fumbled. Figures.
In other news, we made it successfully from our wwoof in Gore up to Queenstown, about an 3 hour drive. Queenstown is a Breckenridge, CO type of place, skiing and adventure sports are "the things to do" here, and paragliders coming off the nearby peak were an interesting sight while coming into town!
Of course, our adventure begins tomorrow, The Routeburn Track, and we'll have to catch our bus at 7 am to get over to our hike. It's a three day tramp (the Milford was four) but features a full day of Alpine climbing which will be a great feature. The weather report looks, frankly, horrible. It's raining now and destined to be constant for the week. Lighter on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday when we're hiking, but still wet. Of course, as they say, you actually want rain, as the waterfalls will be flowing, but still three days of dampness is too much for anybody!
On the way to Queenstown we worked on our "back up" plan for Christmas, should we need to turn to that. (Queenstown, being a resort town, is quite hopping during the Holidays, being the height of Summer and all). Our first option is to stay on a wwoof in nearby Wanaka, helped along by a connection through Graham at Marama farm, our first wwoof. But as a secondary plan, we may head back over the "Gorge Pass" to Alexandra and Cromwell where the picking of Cherries is in full swing. This would be paid work and might help us in evaluating some of our activities in the next couple of months.
Well, that's plenty of news for now. I'm going to go brave the downpour to see if I can go have some "Speights in a Handle" and enjoy some American Football!
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Hi guys,
Hope the rain stays away for the Routeburn this week and you have a great time! Wish we were there too instead of back at work here in the frosty UK...brrrr! Never mind, we're just about over the jet lag and it will soon be Christmas :o)
We're looking forward to the next instalment of your adventures. Keep dry and watch out for wetas sleeping in your boots!
Thanks for the comment Bettina and Daniel! Wish you guys could join us on the Routeburn. Have a wonderful Christmas.
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