mike and i switched places after a couple hours, and i got my first taste of nz driving
i'm having a good time with it
we had to stop and admire the southern alps
and the stream from the franz josef glacier was deep, deep blue
mt. cook was in the distance, obscured by clouds
so we spent the night by the fox glacier and booked a hike for the afternoon. we had some time to kill so we drove to nearby lake matheson
you couldn't take a bad picture of this place
a young fern in the classic spiral pattern, slowly unfurling
and a whole orchestra of ferns
we also met mr. eel by the lake
didymo! they also call it rock snot, which is exactly what it looks like. nz has a national campaign to stop it from spreading around
on the way out we saw this pukeko bird..apparently they're common here, but that's the first i've seen of them. we headed back to town, got some snacks for the trail, and headed to the fox glacier....
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