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Cold as Ice
December 11, 2005
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
After leaving Milford Sound, we drove up to Wanaka for a night with a bit more wine tasting on the way. Wanaka was a great little town on yet another beautiful lake. We didn't spend long there, though, before driving up to Fox Glacier, one of two glaciers on the west coast.
Skydive
We got there in the evening, and Jon went to look into skydiving for the next day. He came back with a grin on his face and said he was jumping in 30 minutes! We went over to the tiny airstrip across the street. Jon got suited up in his flight suit and briefed on what to do. They loaded up the tiny Cessna plane with what appeared to be a 15 year old as pilot. Emily and I watched as they took off down the runway, and then we went to wait at the landing area. The landing area was, appropriately enough, a sheep field down the road. The conditions were just about perfect - the sun was just about to set and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Jon had a great time and said the view over the mountains and the glacier were amazing. (Don't worry, Mom, he's fine!)
Heli-hike
The next day we all signed up for a heli-hike on the glacier. We took a helicopter flight up to the middle of the glacier, hiked around for 3 hours, and then took a helicopter back to the ground. I had never been in a helicopter, and it was a fun ride. Felt a little unstable to me but was a cool experience. The hike was alright; unfortunately, it got cold and rainy just after we started. It was interesting to see the blue ice, though, and we saw some neat ice caves and crevices.
While we were in Fox Glacier, we also checked out Lake Matheson and Gillespie's Beach. We went to Lake Matheson on a beautiful night (just after Jon's skydive) and were able to see an incredible reflection of the mountain in the water. We went to Gillespie's Beach the next day for a bbq, but we weren't allowed to make a fire so we had to scrap that plan. The beach was still quite pretty though. It was a stone beach with huge waves crashing in.
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