Nature Walk, Camping, and Breathalysers?!?
1/19/07
The ladies and I woke up early to meet our nature guides at Lake Matheson (also known as mirror lake...see pics to understand why!)...the boys were late and we started to doubt they would show, but just when we were about to leave they came bumping up the road in a little car. They were SO apologetic and even devised a plan to split up and head around the lake each way to try and find us if we had already started the trek without them! HA!
Amazingly enough G (our Fox Glacier guide) even remembered to bring little pieces of squid with him to show me how to fish/hunt for eels the Maori way! It was amazing! G showed me how to tie the piece of squid to a piece of flax growing by the water and to tie another piece of flax to it with a rock attached to act as a sinker! Then we just sat and waited with the bait in the water until we saw an eerie black ripple on the surface of the water and feld a tug on the line. We then pulled straight up on the flax and the stubborn eel that had clamped down on the squid came right up with it!!!
After our 3 hour trek around the lake we headed to the cafe and ended up sitting there for 2 hours with the boys before we headed off to Wanaka. We invited the boys to join us, but didn't think they would make the drive...but later that day, they did!
On the way to Wanaka we drove past Hawaira Lake...the bluest water and sky EVER! The pics don't do it justice - so I didn't include them :(
We ended up relaxing on the beach and then setting up camp at a local site. I ended up pitching the tent by myself and my sailor mouth took control as pieces of prickly pine tree around the tent kept sticking me and falling down my shirt and pants!
We then headed back into town for dinner - chicken, cranberry and brie pizza. We met up with the fellas at the bar Shooters, and then headed back to the campsite...on the way there I got pulled over by the police for a random breathalyser! The problem was, I didn't know what to do...it didn't look like our breathalysers with a tube you blow into, but rather a box that you speak into and registers the alcohol through the breath you exhale when simply talking!!! I passed - I was a responsible DD!
The ladies and I woke up early to meet our nature guides at Lake Matheson (also known as mirror lake...see pics to understand why!)...the boys were late and we started to doubt they would show, but just when we were about to leave they came bumping up the road in a little car. They were SO apologetic and even devised a plan to split up and head around the lake each way to try and find us if we had already started the trek without them! HA!
Amazingly enough G (our Fox Glacier guide) even remembered to bring little pieces of squid with him to show me how to fish/hunt for eels the Maori way! It was amazing! G showed me how to tie the piece of squid to a piece of flax growing by the water and to tie another piece of flax to it with a rock attached to act as a sinker! Then we just sat and waited with the bait in the water until we saw an eerie black ripple on the surface of the water and feld a tug on the line. We then pulled straight up on the flax and the stubborn eel that had clamped down on the squid came right up with it!!!
After our 3 hour trek around the lake we headed to the cafe and ended up sitting there for 2 hours with the boys before we headed off to Wanaka. We invited the boys to join us, but didn't think they would make the drive...but later that day, they did!
On the way to Wanaka we drove past Hawaira Lake...the bluest water and sky EVER! The pics don't do it justice - so I didn't include them :(
We ended up relaxing on the beach and then setting up camp at a local site. I ended up pitching the tent by myself and my sailor mouth took control as pieces of prickly pine tree around the tent kept sticking me and falling down my shirt and pants!
We then headed back into town for dinner - chicken, cranberry and brie pizza. We met up with the fellas at the bar Shooters, and then headed back to the campsite...on the way there I got pulled over by the police for a random breathalyser! The problem was, I didn't know what to do...it didn't look like our breathalysers with a tube you blow into, but rather a box that you speak into and registers the alcohol through the breath you exhale when simply talking!!! I passed - I was a responsible DD!
posted by Tracy @ 7:25 AM
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