LOCATION: About 80 kms south of Mount Cook
WEATHER: Hot and sunny. High about 85
We woke up at our Freedom Campsite and had breakfast near the van.
We are allowed to stay in these free sites since our van is "certified".
We took a walk around the park, and read a map of the park area. We discovered why we were the only campers doing Freedom Camping ......we were in the WRONG spot!
We walked around the town, found a pharmacy, and bought bug spray as we've heard the sand fleas are bad near Milford Sound.
Then, we drove about 200 kms to Mount Cook, featured in my book "1000 Places in the World to Go Before You Die". It is the highest peak in this part of the world. Here in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the equivalent of August, yet the mountain stays snow-covered year round. We stopped at this viewpoint. The bright aqua color of the lake comes from glacier melt.
We drove to the foot of Mount Cook where there are hotels and restaurants. It was too hot (85) to hike and too crushed with Chinese tourists, so we left. We could have camped here, under a glacier, but it was too hot and too early to stop.
So, we drove southeast toward the coast where we will make a clockwise-trip around the South Island,
This valley is famous for its Merino sheep. We stopped at this sheep-shearing place.
See next post.
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