Tuesday; we tried to keep our minds off the builds and got some jobs done. Look at our hot tub, it is coming along nicely! Finally got the IBC on the roof of the container and hooked up the bath properly. It took me a while to get the fire roaring but once I did it didn’t take long to heat up. Look at all the rust from the inside of the fire. I got a tan while I bathed haha. Our awesome neighbour Andy gave us a heap of blue cod. Fresh out of the ocean today, man it was delicious and it lasted us two meals. We have great neighbours here, now that we have gotten compost and fish from Andy and Kathy I better think of a koha for them.

At last we heard from Dean, looks like lab results won’t be here until next week. Which probably means Tuesday since Monday is a public holiday.

When there is nothing to do but wait you may as well go away. We never made it to Queenstown last trip so let’s go now. On Wednesday we made it to Lake Dunstan. Do you like my oversized glitter rubber ducky I got in Alex? It is a perfect bath toy!

Thursday was absolutely deliciously miserable, the rain was not giving in. That did not dampen our spirits. We headed out to the Routeburn and ended up here two nights. Look at the little South Island Robin. Handsome fellow.

Friday the weather cleared. Rowan wanted to jump into the river to look at rocks (can’t take them home just look lol). I thought I may do a warmer activity. I did a scenic loop from the Routeburn Track with my camera. I captured a few birds. Lots of people out and about doing the same thing so it was hard at times to capture as they scared them away. However I had a lovely walk, which took me a bit of time because I kept stopping haha.

Saturday; we are not sure if we will go all the way back today or we will stop part way. On our way out of Queenstown just before the Kawarau Gorge the snow started hitting us, Rowan and I got very excited. You could see it settling above us on the mountains. As we got further and further it was everywhere. We stopped for photos and I had the silly idea to throw a snowball. I should have known better. Rowan got me right in my ear. I was not impressed! He couldn’t just aim for the torso like a normal person. Talk about turn some fun into me annoyed. As you know I don’t hold a grudge. I nearly lost my phone in the snow. Luckily Rowan noticed it. I had my glasses off so couldn’t see a thing haha. So off we set and it really was a winter wonderland. It wasn’t snowing in Cromwell but Alexandra was and most of the way home. Rowan and I have been meaning to stop into the Blue Lake and Saint Bathans for a long time. The snow was heavy there and it was fantastic. We did get home in the end. I am so glad we got to experience the snow this year. I thought we had run out of time.

Sunday and Monday we got jobs done around Herbert. The list appears to grow even though we are ticking things off. I had an amazing hot bath in the rain it was a great sensation. Hopefully get some news tomorrow about our lab results. Fingers crossed!