Today we began our first New Zealand road trip! Since we
don’t start school until Tuesday we have five days of free time. I have always
wanted to pack up my car and just drive with no specific plans and that is
pretty much what we are doing! We know we are going to Christchurch by driving
up through the middle of the island and then we will be driving to Dunedin
along the coast, but those are our only plans!
We had a lot of fun today just driving and stopping at
random places. We have seen so many gorgeous parts of New Zealand already. It
is pretty amazing to just drive. One minute we were in the mountains and the
next we were driving through fields of sheep. We stopped at a few places today.
First at the Clyde dam, then Lake Pukaki and finally lake Tekapo. The second
two lakes we stopped at were so amazing! They were extremely blue due to
glacier run off. It was amazing! Lake Pukaki was my favorite. Krystal and I
climbed down a ton of rocks to get to the water, but it was totally worth it.
We continued driving until we got to Ashburton. We are about
an hour away from Christchurch. Our plan is to go in the morning and find a
place to stay. Our hotel tonight is great. Hotels are super cheap and they all
have a kitchen. They also give you milk when you get there for the morning,
it’s pretty awesome!
Until next time!
Michelle
Keep the updates coming Michelle.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like fun.
"If you can dream it, you can achieve it"