A quick day trip up Ben Lomond this afternoon 6 miles roundtrip with 3,000' of elevation gain. The sign said it should take 8 hours round trip. Michael and I did it in 2 hrs 45 min round trip. A good confidence builder :)
On our way back to the house now get some rest for another week of tree trimming then Michael's girlfriend aka "bird" here, comes thursday afternoon for 10 days. We will stick together for the first weekend then they will drop me off and go for a drive to the top of the south island and I am thinking of doing the Greenstone Trek which follows the famous backcountry Greenstone River which is supposed to be in an amazing setting with decent fishing.
Rain on its way from the top of Ben Lomond.
Looking down on Queenstown
The little dial at the top rotated and when you pointed it at a mountain it would display the name. Pretty cool idea.
Dancing the night away on new years eve! We squeezed our way to the front there was a huge crowd behind us.
2nd larger trout I caught on a tiny bead head nymph. I knew there were trout in the pool but the river was a bit murky from some rain and I didn't see this fish in the deeps.
2nd larger trout
1st "smaller" trout caught sight fishing with a beetle.
1st smaller trout
Happy New Year Jer Bear! Looks like you are having a great adventure... Missing nothing but snow and negative temperatures here. Jealous of all the NZ happenings and wishing I was there to bring in 2011 with you! Say hi to Michael for me, I miss you guys! Cheers, E.
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