Final week of Holiday

This past week the four of us girls went down to the Catlins along the southern coast and did a couple of walks and went to see Nugget Point. We saw several more Fur Seals and there were even some baby pups that were very entertaining for us to watch. We then continued to drive down to Bluff to stay for the night before heading to Stewart Island in the morning. We didn't realize that there would be no where to get cash out in Bluff and many of the places would only take cash so we had to borrow from each other a little bit but we made it all work out.

The ferry ride over to Stewart Island was very choppy and several people got sea sick. Luckily the four of us got by with just slight headaches and queasiness. It ended up being a very rainy day on Stewart Island which made it pretty difficult to do much, because everything to do is outside. We did one walk and got soaked and pretty cold so we stopped by a cafe in the little town and got some hot chocolate to warm us up. We decided that we would take the earlier ferry ride back to Bluff and head to Alex to spend the night. After a quick game of checkers between Tasia and I at the playground we made our way back. The ferry ride again was really choppy and the drive was pretty long.

The next morning Tasia, Emily and I set off towards the West Coast. We got to see many waterfalls and stopped to walk out to both the Fox Glacier and the Franz Josef Glacier. They were fun to see, and we were glad we were able to get so close the the Franz Josef without having to pay for a tour. We then drove on up the Punakaki to see the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes. This was my favorite part of the West Coast because I found it a lot of fun to wait for the water to come rushing in and then shoot out of the top. We then decided that rather than staying another night on the coast somewhere, that it would be nice to get back to Alex again so we drove the 8 hours back. We were glad to sleep in our own beds last night and now we have today and tomorrow to get things organized and ready again for school.