Roadtrip Day 7

A guy at Milford Sound confirmed for us this morning that Obama was in fact our president. And we also saw in on the front page of a NZ newspaper. The US election was bigger news in New Zealand than their own elections in a few days were.

So, anyway, we went to Milford Sound today! It was the prettiest thing we’ve done on this trip so far! We got awesome pics that just look unreal, they’re so beautiful. :) Soo happy we decided to stake it out a day and try getting up to Milford again. It was so worth it.

We had to rent some stupid chains for the drive up, just in case we got stopped again. But no policeman, no snowfall – we didn’t need them at all! Ugh. Oh well, that was God looking out for us yesterday I’m sure, and this morning was even prettier than yesterday would have been, so I’m actually glad we went today instead. I’d been told that one of the places I had to go to in NZ was Milford Sound – and they were so right. Mountains and sea cliffs come right out of the water, and huge waterfalls, and wildlife – everything was so pretty. It was really cold on the boat, but I loved it.

On the drive back to Te Anau and on to Invergargill and the Chatlens, the southern part of the island, we stopped on the side of the highway to make Anela’s first snowman. He was all lopsided and looked retarted cuz our hands were so cold lol. Rocks for eyes, gravel for buttons, piece of grass for his mouth, sticks for nose and arms. We named him Snorge. :P And we started a snowball fight – that was so fun. People were driving by on the road laughing at us. Good times. :)



Leah