around q-town

After Mom slept for 13 hours and recovered from the plane ride yesterday,w e had a very active day. In the morning, we did a ride into old gold country at Skipper’s Canyon, where we rode on a jet boat – a super fast, super-responsive boat in the river up and down the canyon. In the afternoon, we did a Lord of the Rings tour along the lake out to Glenorchy and Paradise Forest and Mt. Aspiring National Park, so Mom was able to get her fix of LOTR factoids.

The weather is beautiful here – cool but sunny. Queenstown is a cool little skiing village, with some pretty great restaurants! Perfect for us! Tomorrow we head to Te Anau – from there we’ll see the Milford Sound. Exciting stuff!