Adventure Day in New Zealand

For the past 2 days, I've been getting a call around 5 a.m. saying that my flight to the ice was on a 24 hour delay due to weather at McMurdo. Rather than stay in town for a 2nd day in a row, my friends and I decided to use a rental truck to take ourselves on an adventure for the day. Our destination: Arthur's Pass National Park. This mountainous region is a couple hours drive outside of the city, taking us longer since we stopped along the way to take pictures and explore. On the way home, we picked up a hitchhiker (a common practice in NZ) and drove her back to her place of work. As a thank you, this cool Canadian chick took us on a tour of the farm, giving us the chance to gush over baby animals. Simply said, it was a fun and random day.

The forecast in McMurdo looks good for tomorrow, and we're all preparing to fly south early in the morning.

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Driving west

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Playing around on railroad tracks

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Self-portrait, courtesy of Rhiannon, next to a rushing and astoundingly blue river

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Waterfall with the clearest of pools

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The Kea, a mountain parrot that unfortunately loses favor once you get to know them

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A Kea trying to eat parts off of our rental car

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Beautiful backdrop

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Lamb

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Puppies

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Baby cows

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Three peas in a pod happy they went on an adventure