Good morning.
The mountain I wake up to every morning can be sheepish. Today she went into hiding a mere 20 minutes after I opened my doors to her. She was misty-clad in a silvery shawl of clouds. I walked upstream to do some yoga on the riverbed, turned around and she had disappeared completely.
I am thoughrily enjoying my days off. Yesterday I hiked to the top of Bowen Falls with 5 others. The path is steep and lined with ropes and ladders. It leads you to a large black pipe which funnels our water for drinking and power. You balance on that for a while until coming to a clearing midway between the top of a second ridge and the bottom where the water flushes into the fiord. It was a beautiful sun soaked day. We stayed at the top for maybe two hours bathing in warm delicious and sleepy sun rays.
Not sure what I am up to today. A few people are doing the same hike today, though going further, bushwhacking to what I hear is a even more scenic spot. I can use some Karen time though, so might bike in the opposite direction to the Chasm, about 7k's from here to lovely hanging bridges and waterfalls.
Here are some websites, one for the department of conservation with information on fiordland and some of the hikes, great and small around me, as well as Milford Road and wildlife here. The other is a webpage for Benny and Henning, two Germans wwoofing their way around the world and all around nice guys.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/By-Region/013~Southland/Explore-Fiordland/Walks-from-the-Milford-Road/index.asp
http://wegetaround.de
The mountain I wake up to every morning can be sheepish. Today she went into hiding a mere 20 minutes after I opened my doors to her. She was misty-clad in a silvery shawl of clouds. I walked upstream to do some yoga on the riverbed, turned around and she had disappeared completely.
I am thoughrily enjoying my days off. Yesterday I hiked to the top of Bowen Falls with 5 others. The path is steep and lined with ropes and ladders. It leads you to a large black pipe which funnels our water for drinking and power. You balance on that for a while until coming to a clearing midway between the top of a second ridge and the bottom where the water flushes into the fiord. It was a beautiful sun soaked day. We stayed at the top for maybe two hours bathing in warm delicious and sleepy sun rays.
Not sure what I am up to today. A few people are doing the same hike today, though going further, bushwhacking to what I hear is a even more scenic spot. I can use some Karen time though, so might bike in the opposite direction to the Chasm, about 7k's from here to lovely hanging bridges and waterfalls.
Here are some websites, one for the department of conservation with information on fiordland and some of the hikes, great and small around me, as well as Milford Road and wildlife here. The other is a webpage for Benny and Henning, two Germans wwoofing their way around the world and all around nice guys.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/By-Region/013~Southland/Explore-Fiordland/Walks-from-the-Milford-Road/index.asp
http://wegetaround.de
posted by Karen at 2:48 PM
3 Comments:
Karen... One of the most weird persons i've met during our journey...Sometimes she acts a little bit uninterested, "good morning" doesn't exist and you don't know exactly what she's thinking about you but then she is writing one of the nicest entries in our guestbook ever... who understand this "American Cafe Girl"..?!? ;-))
But yeah, we will remember these mornings!! It was an amazing stay at milford Sound.
Henning
oh dear henning, it appears i do not hide my distaste for mornings easily. something to work on i suppose :-) Happy travels my friend! we will miss you guys!
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