Hokitika - Fox Glacier
Trip Start
Nov 04, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 06, 2007
Fox Glacier,
New Zealand
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
At Franz Josef glacier, the weather fined up enough so we took a brief stroll up the hill to the constant refrain from Yasmin that her knees and ankles were too sore for her to walk. Of course this was a ruse, but we didn't know it was also code for 'I'm about to crap my pants.' If only we were masters of linguistic subtlety, or at least craftsmen of the olfactory. But we saved the day, just in the knickers of time.
The views were good enough. Almost makes up for the mounting pile of soiled underpants
Lake Matheson
.After Franz Josef glacier, Fox glacier is the next sight, and for us, it was no different. First stop was lunch, and the only venue available with a park seemed to be the caravan park, so we checked in. On leaving, we left the table in the spot to reserve it on our return.
It was time for a stroll around Matheson Lake, where on a clear still day you can get a view of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman reflected in the lake. Well, it was neither still nor clear, but it was a fine walk. We pushed Yasmin around in the stroller, because the track notes indicated it was wheelchair accessible all the way. It isn't.
Fox glacier beckoned. So we drove to the viewing area, and Yasmin wouldn't walk the 5 metres to the viewing platform without whingeing. But at least this time, she decided to save her pants. It is the little victories that count.
On our return, we discovered that someone had moved our table and taken our spot. Predictable really, you should have seen it coming too. But we got back at them. We are parked, sandwiched if you will, between them and the other car - our power cord doesn't even touch the ground.
