woke up when the lights came on outside at Gunn's Camp to start our fire back up so we would at least have a little heat for the rest of our slumber and for when we had to force ourselves out of bed. luckily there were a few hot coals left so i was able to blow on them to get them going under some wood, and i had a piece of paper which then started our fire up. so proud of myself haha. we ate breakfast etc and said goodbye to our friends as we made the trek back up the icy dirt road back to the highway.
today was more of a travel day as we headed to Invercargill, which et described as the mullet town of the south. lots of agriculture and tractors everywhere, so kind of like our south? haha. we drove through the sausage capitol of NZ which was neat? then played a get to know you game which et called "this is your life" better known to us as "two truths and a lie." we each wrote down our two truths and a lie, then had to guess who was who as we went. then each person had to tell the story each fact they had written down. it was a good way to pass the time and a fun way to get to know everyone on the bess a little bit better.
we stopped at a few places on the way down to the deep south... first McCracken's Rest which was just a beautiful lookout over the ocean. it was a long beach with some rocks below us and then again you could see the snow covered mountains rising up in the distance. because it is called McCracken's Rest (crack) then et said we had to sit on the sign showing our cracks. funny, but only tow of the boys did it, wasn't really feeling it. but it was quite funny. then we drove through more small little towns until we came to Riverton, a quiet little coastal town that i quickly fell in love with. the beach was gorgeous and full of these awesome smooth pebbles and stones that everyone collected. i was too busy climbing the rocks and making my way closer to the ocean and enjoying the view, but thats ok.
driving through the country on this day, and every day was like i have said 5 billion times, breathtaking. and what's so interesting about new zealand is that there is the beach, farmland filled with sheep and cows, and snow capped mountain all right next to one another. its insane. and every view is different. because America is so big we're just not used (well i'm not at least) to ever seeing all of those (besides mountains and farmland i guess) so close together. along with pine trees and then palm (looking) trees all in the same place. its really neat.
anyway... we arrived in Invercargill, it kinda seemed dead. oh and it was freezingggg. but we walked through this little hardware store that had all these old cars and motorcycles in it. there's some movie called The Fastest Indian about a man who made the fastest indian motorcycle ever, anyways he was from Invercargill or something and they were all about it there. then we walked through the park and botanical gardens, and a pretty rose garden, granted we really just saw some cool trees and grass and lots of frost on the ground because all the flowers were dead but it was still nice.
we also saw Tuataras which are lizards that apparently haven't evolved since the dinosaur ages. we were walking by the back of the museum and could see them through the window. it was cool and weird to think about that they are the only animal from that time period and they are only found in new zealand.
we rested a little and some of us went out to a really yummy Indian meal. bad decision on my part but i thoroughly enjoyed my food and the company i was with. spicy food was probably not a great choice it made my back hurt just terribly and i kinda got the chills and stuff, so strange. but i survived and fell asleep while laughing at kyle and macie, which seemed to happen most evenings.
winter wonderland leaving Gunn's Camp.
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