Hello everyone. Driving here is great! Left side of the road and twisty and curvy and fast! Not sure if Karen, Sal, and Di are liking it, but I am!! Drove south from Nelson and stayed over at Franz Joseph Glacier. Got up and did a short hike and caught a glimpse of Mt. Tasman (on the left) and Mt. Cook (on the right).

Got to Queenstown Tuesday night. Very cool town - lots of young people from all over. Wednesday I went bungy jumping! Sorry, Mom, I had to do it. Whoever invented this activity must have been insane. It was awesome. I did the Nevis Highwire jump which is the highest in New Zealand and like the 3rd highest in the world (440 feet). Words just can't describe it. I have a DVD of the jump. Here is a photo of the jumping platform suspended over the gorge on the Nevis River.

We hung out in Queenstown that night. Di and I were going to do a flight tour of the Milford Sound, but the weather was crappy, so we headed for Dunedin. Today (Friday) we drove out to the Otaga Peninsul. The girls went for a hike and I went out and saw some Yellow Eyed Penguins (one of the rarest in the world).

Tonight we are going to a Rugby game. It is the start of the Super12 season and we are watching the Highlanders (Dunedin) vs. the Blues (Auckland). Our seats are in the "terrace". The stadium (Carisbrook) is dubbed the house of pain and it sounds like the fans get pretty rowdy. I'm more scared about the rugby game tonight, then I was about bungy jumping. See ya.