Soggy

Ok so.. I should be out in Milford Sound today, and not sitting in an internet cafe..But the weather thought otherwise. It's a lovely 8 today which converts to about 46 degrees, and raining pretty steadily and snowing in the mountains. Actually kinda cool to see it snowing up there.

My trip was canceled because one of the roads to get to the sound is closed. They were going to let me know this evening if I can re-book for tomorrow. But the weather doesn't look like it's going to let up until Sunday.. And I leave on Saturday. So tomorrow will be my last chance to go to the sound.

Since I got up bright and early, I decided to head into town, it hadn't started to rain yet so I walked into to town, headed over to the Starbucks for some drip coffee, which is fantastic, as much as I've found I like the flat whites, a good drip coffee is enjoyable. I sat there and watched the town come to life trying to sort out what to do with my day and watching the rain pick up.

I walked over to an "i site" and saw that I was just in time to catch the big red bus to Arrowtown, so off I went to Arrowtown, stopping at the birth place of bungee (no I haven't jumped yet), then to Gibson's Winery and Cheesery, for a tasting of both. Cute winery, the cheese was awesome. Then off to Arrowtown which was one of the first Gold mining towns in New Zealand. Then back to Queenstown, the trip took about 3 hours, but it was fun, and worked well despite the rain.