The variety that you get in New Zealand still amazes me. I really have no idea what I am going to see from day to day or from minute to minute. One second I can be driving through a rain forest, the next I am on the beach, shortly after that I am next to glacier covered mountains. New Zealand is a truly amazing place, perfect for the outdoor lover.





This week I hiked up Franz Joseph Glacier and bungy jumped… totally different experiences but both totally amazing. With the bungy I have ticked off another to do item on my original list of things to do in this year… I don’t think there is much left on the list to be honest… I might have to come up with a new one. I have to say I am very proud of myself for doing the bungy jump… for someone that hates heights I did pretty good. The jump was off the original bungy site in Queenstown, NZ. Not the highest that I could have done, but with this one I got to touch the water on the bottom. I also thought that jumping over water gave me some security…even if that doesn’t make any sense.







The Glacier hike was also a really cool experience, Sherry and Mom decided not to join me as they had seen several glaciers in Alaska. I did a half day hike up an 80 year old glacier that gets approximately 254 meters of snow added to it every year. The views were spectacular.

There is only about a week left of my NZ trip and I am really looking forward to everything else that I have yet to see. Queenstown has been my favorite by far, but the trip isn’t over yet. I find it amazing that only 4.4 million people live in this amazing place…