The weather is beautiful here! We had a leisurely morning enjoying coffee, breakfast and the hot tub. The mountains surround us on all four sides. Due to the lack of rain the hills are more brown than they should be. It's still beautiful!
We decided to take a walkabout and look around Wanaka's lake and head downtown. The lake water level is down quite a bit but it was nice. People were out and about boating, swimming, sailing and picnicking. We also took a picnic lunch with us and found a comfortable table near downtown.
We found an information station and inquired about Milford Sound excursions. They either take a long time, as they leave from Queenstown, requiring is to spend a couple of nights there in order to make early morning and late night connections, or consider airplane options from Wanaka. Those are quite expensive! We are looking at other options.
After walking around downtown a bit, we headed back towards out condo, taking our time, resting, sitting beside the lake and enjoying ourselves. After we returned to the condo, I checked my GARMIN ETREX 30. We had tracked 5.5 miles! Not a bad walkabout if you ask me!
Our condo is very nice. It's a two bedroom, one bath unit with a large living/dining and kitchen area with a spacious deck overlooking the courtyard swimming pool area. After our hike, Debby and Nancy used the hot tub and later this evening, we sat around the poolside and barbecued hamburgers for dinner.
It's going to be a great week!
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