Next, we made our way a bit south to glacier country. Kristen had a helicopter tour booked to go walk on the Franz Josef Glacier, but the rest of us aren't quite the die-hard glacier fans like she is, so we opted to do some walks around the bottom of the mountain.
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| Driving out of our campsite in the morning was a bit surreal. |
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| A cool waterfall we played around in a bit on our walk to the glacier. |
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| The Franz Josef Glacier! So sad that climate change has caused it to recede so much in recent years. |
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| The above three photos are from the campsite we stayed at in Mt. Aspiring National Park, on the way down to Wanaka. The campsite was on a little peninsula sticking out into the lake, so the whole campsite was surrounded on three sides with panoramic views of the lake and mountains. We arrived at sunset, and it was one of the best experiences of the trip. |
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| The next day we did our longest hike of the trip, up to the top of Roy's Peak. It was a grueling climb up in the beating sun, but fortunately we had really great views of mountains and lakes the whole time. |
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| We also got to see a bunch of sheep! A lot of the trail actually goes through sheep pastures, so they actually walked on the trail. Seeing all the baby lambs was one of the best things about this day. |
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| Alexandra doing some yoga on top of this peak near the top that we all took turns climbing for a photo op. |
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| So exciting to actually reach the snow level at the top! |
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| Chillin' at the top with a 360 degree view of all the surrounding lakes and mountains. |