Drive to Queenstown aka The Adventure Capital of the World

We left our house sit in Blenheim on December 1st and traveled down to Christchurch by a bus to purchase a car. It was about a 5 hour bus trip and we couldn't wait to get off especially because the guy in front of us began hurling his brains out just as we got into town.

We are now the proud owners of a 1998 Honda Accord! While we were in Blenheim we met a lot of really nice people and at Thanksgiving we met a really lovely lady and her son (She is actually from New Mexico) and her husband was kind enough to put us up in Christchurch for the night (he is living there temporarily while going to university to become a landscape architect so he can ditch his old job as a farmer - amazing mid-life decision!).

The next day we headed down to Queenstown to stay at a house Charles found for us. The home was absolutely gorgeous, it was set up in the mountain side and our front door opened up to a view of the mountains, lake and town below. [Most of the pictures of Queenstown were taken from our front porch - there will be a whole lot more to come of those . . .]

Anyway, the drive South took us over and around the Southern Alps which were beautiful; not to mention the mountain lakes we saw which are so clear the water took on an electric blue tint! Had to stop by one and have lunch and a beer :)

Sorry for the long delay on the blog, but we will keep them coming to keep you guys warm in the winter :)

Love to all,

Lana and Charles