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Thursday, November 11th, 2004

Day 8 – Franz Josef to St. Arnaud

Having gone to bed so early, Tory and I were both astonished when we woke up at the relatively late time of 8:30. We were both so utterly exhausted that we’d slept well over nine hours. After a typically brief breakfast, we packed our bags in the car and set out towards the unknown. Truth be known, we had not the slightest idea where we would end up this day, only that we wanted to make it about half way to Pichton. We’d already been forced to change our rental car reservation to allot us enough time to do everything and go on the Queen Charlotte Track. [read on]

On Ice

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

Day 7 – Franz Josef Glacier

It was another early morning for Tory and I as we awoke for our adventure on the glacier. We donned several layers of clothing and set out for the spot where we would be meeting the bus. Before we could board, however, they gave us coats, rain pants, and cramp-ons. We met an older couple there who was unusually talkative. Their names were Glen and Margaux. Margaux had this strange way of talking to you in which she would always say your name when addressing you. We talked with them for a few minutes before boarding the bus. The bus ride took us back in the direction from which we’d come. After only about 20 minutes we were at the parking lot where the trail to the glacier began. The path out to the glacier took us over the remains of where the glacier was only a few hundred years ago. [read on]

Glacial Preparations

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
Day 7 - Te Anau to Franz Josef Consider how tired we’d been, we got a relatively early start towards Wanaka. Traveling to Wanaka required us to do the only backtracking of our whole trips on the South Island. We knew ... [Continue reading this entry]