Saturday Jan 23, 2010 Franz Josef to Wanaka

We left as early as possible again. The kitchen was not too active at 8:00 am.

Our first stop was Knights Point. There is a picnic table there now. It was very cloudy so there wasn't much to see. We wondered if the sand flies were better. No such luck. We used the facilities, and then left in a hurry. Charles was covered with sand flies. Things had not changed.

Ship Wreck Creek was out next stop. The sea was churning up the sand as the waves crashed on the shore. It is a very beautiful beach sandy beach with lots of driftwood debris on shore. It was so good to get out walking. The sand flies were around until we got to the beach then it was much better. The wind made the creek look like it was running up from the ocean. Charles tossed in a small piece of driftwood. It was slowly making its way down stream.

We ate lunch at the Haast Information Centre. It was very nice. They have water flowing over what looks like steps. There were beautiful pools as well. It would have been much nicer if the tour bus had been turned off. The diesel smell was not very nice. The bus did leave while we were eating. Two other tour buses pulled in but they were shot off which made it very nice. We then drove straight through to Wanaka.

After checking in we relaxed for a while. Off again, driving to Queenstown to pick Jen up at the airport. We went via Cordrona. Sadly all the bras that were on a fence along the way were gone. It was sort of sad not to see the bra fence. I am glad we got pictures the first time. I guess all things must come to and end.

We had supper at the Remarkables Park Shopping area. It was a very nice dinner as the menu offered lots of gluten free items, including pizza crust. During the evening I asked Jen if she knew how to access the blue markings on my keyboard. After many failed attempts, Jen googled it. What a riot!! It was hard finding anything out from HP. She found a woman who was having the same trouble who was asking for help. Some of the answers she got did not work. Her responses to the answers were quite funny. We understood her frustration. We laughed a lot. We did finally find out how to turn off and on this "é". This was a big help as I would turn it on accidentally then did not know how to turn it off. I would resort to exiting word then reopening the whole thing. I really wanted to be able to use the ¼, ½, ¾ blue marked key but have given up worrying about it.