Bikeless in Wanaka

First of all, we're aware that some or all of the photos are not working. When we have better internet access, we will amend the situation.

A funny little thing happened on our way out of Queenstown. We had decided to take a bus out of Queenstown to our next stop as the traffic was a mess coming into Queenstown. When we arrived at the bus stop with our bikes, the driver started huffing and puffing (minor panic attack) that he was not informed that our bikes would be traveling on the bus with us. Normally not a big deal, they just need to know to allocate space. He asked us if we would mind if we traveled without our bikes, and promised to have our bikes arrive on the next bus over. He then asked to charge us for traveling with our bikes. We arrived to our next stop, Wanaka and set up our tent site and explored the town while waiting for our bikes. By 9 pm, our bikes were nowhere to be found. Now it was our turn to have a minor panic attack. Ari left frantic messages at the shuttle office which had closed 4 hours prior. The next morning we woke up, and went to call the shuttle office again. Fortunately our bikes had arrived, and they promised a quick delivery to our campsite, full of apologies.... Lesson learned, do not leave bikes.
We are now approaching the west coast of New Zealand, Haast (good luck finding it on a map). We finished our climb over the mountain pass late yesterday afternoon, and arrived to our new campsite early this afternoon. Tomorrow we head north for the Fox and Hanz Joseph glaciers. The weather has been amazing, blue skies everyday with clear views of the mountains, glaciers, and sand flies. We met the notorious sand flies last night at our campsite and cannot stop scratching those pesky bites. Happy Valentines Day,
Lisa and Ari