South Island NZ Road Trip

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I thought I would try a cool little feature that I wasn't positive google would have, but figured they must! You can create your own maps with layers, colors, and stops, etc. I will admit that I am a noob on this, but it was fun to try. Hopefully I can master it one day.

This is the route we drove along in the South Island in New Zealand. We arrived the afternoon of April 3rd and flew out April 9th. So it was less than 6 full days! It was a whirlwind and I know one guy who might not have enjoyed that much car time, but gotta see all the amazing stuff right?

Arthurs Pass

Hokikita Gorge

Franz Josef Glacier

Lake Mattheson, on a clear day with calm waters has a perfect reflection of Franz Josef Glacier.

Coming down from Lake Wanaka to Queenstown

Milford Sound on a beautiful sunny day!

The Tunnel to Milford Sound, built in the 1930s. It's an amazing work of construction!

Beth and Joel searching for Geocaches

Queenstown

Cheese Tasting at a super small adorable place near Twizel. The maker was super friendly and had all sorts of funny tales to tell us.

Lake Tekapo

Kiwis have the funniest (in the nicest way) accents and are so much fun to listen to. For food, it was very similar to Australia. I can't think of anything that really stood out. In the car we usually made our own sandwiches. We cooked steaks and made some macaroni and cheese one night. The last night we ate at a little tiny Korean restaurant which did not disappoint.

I was surprised at the amount of Disc Golf Courses in NZ. Seemed that in so many places we happened upon a course. We also introduced my parents to Geocaching. After we started Geocaching we couldn't stop. There were so many caches and some lead us on some cool little walks to find them. Like in Queenstown, we had only planned to stop by for a bit but the area was so beautiful with the leaves changing colors for fall.

It was so much fun to have a good old road trip with my parents. They are down for anything, and great company. We were lucky to have such good weather. With clouds only obstructing our views once or twice. :P

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