Wednesday, December 26, 2012

New Zealand Days 2&3 - Mt Cook

We set up camp at White Horse Hill, near Mt. Cook, and headed out for a short hike on the Hooker Valley Track. 

Unfortunately, the clouds started rolling in and obscured some of our views. But it was still a pretty pleasant hike.

This is a piece of glacier floating in the lake at the end of the track. What you can't see in this picture is how crazy the weather turned on us. Really strong winds (they actually blew us off the walking path a couple times) and driving rain/mist made for a pretty brutal walk back. 

Apparently strong winds, rain, and cold temperatures make for the perfect napping environment. I think it's safe to say she was comfortable in her backpack carrier.

Roughin' it.

Way easier than cooking on a camp stove... as long as I didn't trip over Katelyn.

We did a little bit of rock climbing in the Mt. Cook area.



Home sweet home... wherever we left it.

Family picture with Mt. Cook in the background. Don't be fooled by the amount of daylight you see... it was already past Katelyn's bedtime.


Katelyn enjoys some last views of the Mt. Cook area before we pack up to go to Wanaka.


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