Fiordlands, NZ

March 24, 2008
Say this getting up at the crack of dawn is getting habit forming; here we are again up before breakfast heading out to sightsee. We bought tickets to see the Milford Sound Fiord via bus coach and cruise ship. Bosco wanted to be a passenger for a day so we went to the Fiords via bus coach, Alex our driver and commentator was knowledgeable about the flora and fauna, the history of the area and had an easy fun delivery and a melodious voice. We had numerous stops to take photos, some of the most breathtaking we took at the Mirror Ponds. Once at the Sound we boarded The Milford Sovereign to cruise the fiords. The Southern Alps are majestic. It was a truly wonderful day! We arrived back in Te Anau at 1630 and after the gas and a shopping stop we headed to Queenstown. We stopped along the way at Gaston at a friendly looking pub for a pie. They served us Steak and Cheese pie and Creamy Chicken pie with salad, both of which were delicious. The "Kiwi’s" are very outgoing friendly people and we talked hunting and traveling with our host until he got too busy and we got too late. We had called Lex and Shelia at Riverbank Cottage to say we would be late but we didn’t want to be tooo late. Ah, but the call of the illusive ice cream cone beaconed us into Queenstown where we found delicious ice cream at the cost of being 45 minutes later than even we planned.