March 17th, 2013

March the 17th was a happy day! Rory turned 9 years old! New Zealanders were also happy on this day because the skies finally opened up and it poured!! We have been here for two and a half months and are finally getting some rain. We drove to Franz Josef Glacier and did a hike to the glaciers 'snout' - in the pouring rain. We were all drenched and had seen enough of glaciers, so we drove on and camped south on Lake Paringa. There we cooked Rory's birthday dinner (schnitzel!) and celebrated his birthday with cake and ice cream afterwards!