Christchurch to Omarama

We headed out in the morning after a cool night

Our first stop was in Geraldine 

We had lunch at this fun cafe

The had all kinds of Jams and spreads for your scones and 

There was this cool old church right by where parked our bus

They had a fun little shopping area where I got some cool hand lotion as my hands were quite dry

Another fun set of shops

This area was pretty much farming area with lots of sheep and cows

With a lot of rivers flowing through it

Even though it if farm/ ranch lane it is very hilly

Cows were on of the main animals I saw this day

We stopped at this lake, which is glacier feed, hence the ice blue color.

We all were taking lots of photos as it was such a gorgeous view

This statue was dedicated to all the dogs who help herd animals

This is one of the oldest churches in the area

It was closed, but had a nice big picture window right behind the altar area

The names of it is the church of the good shepherd 

This is the dedication plaque 

There was even an observatory right near

Dale and I then went on a plane ride over glaciers and the highest mountain in New Zealand 

The glacier feed lack we took off and flew over

Also much of their power is hydroelectric, these canals run water from one dam to another

This picture shows the area the glacier has cut out, but that not has gotten much vegetation yet

We got up above the clouds as we circled some of the mountains 

This is where some of the glacier has broken off and slid down 

This is Mt Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand

This is the largest glacier as it curves it’s way to the down to the lakes

The line you see between the sea color and the top of the cloud cover ids the ocean

Here is one of the smaller glacier lakes

The land the glacier carved out as it flowed through, then melted looks barren

The tracks of the glacier’s different path is visible if you look from above.

The sun photographed with the brilliant sunbursts

Looking like it is shooting lasers out, this sun picture was fun

On our way to our hotel, we drove by several lakes

We saw these wooden decorations on our walk near our  motel where we stopped for the night.

This was our motel

This was the school for the area

This was the Main Street. It was a very small community. We had an interesting and fun day.