Day 224 (February 1): Jon Goes Walkabout
My mother is fond of the phrase, "The way will open." As this picture shows, sometimes the way is exactly in front of you going in a straight line to where you want to go. My walkabout began in Wanaka, where the family headed west along the Tasman Sea coast to see the glaciers and I headed east to see the alps and lots of stars from the east/leeward side of the mountains. I picked up a tin can of a rental car that would have easily fit in the back of the campervan we've been driving for these two weeks. By late afternoon I arrived at the foot of Lake Pukaki in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. I enjoyed a short and easy hike to views of small ice bergs floating in the milky alpine lake. This landscape seems like a great location for making a movie. It's almost otherworldly. Someone should really think about it. Something with good versus evil, strange magic, epic battles...definitely hobbits. This is Lake Pukaki I reached the Mount Cook ...