Fishing and Hiking

Posted on March 20, 2015 by bob

That's how we ended the last four days of the trip.  Some days we hiked together and others I fly fished and Ann took her new GPS and went for a 20 kilometer or so hike.  Fun was had by all.  Here are the results:

We spent one morning driving out to Milford Sound since it's considered a "must see" down in Fjordland...
...then in the afternoon hiked Key Summit...
...which was another hike we did last year that was worth a second go. Three hour round trip and you get great views from the top.

 

On the way back north, we stopped for two nights at a wonderful lodge at Lake Ohau.
I caught and released a bunch of small rainbows here (none were big enough to warrant a photo though).
Out of Twizel, Ann hiked Fraser Creek (a couple miles west of town)...
...while I, yes, went fishing again. But no catching...
...but, oh what a gorgeous day! I felt a little better later in the day when we stopped at the local hunting/fishing shop and they said the fishing had gone dead in March after a good Jan/Feb. It's all about timing, eh?

 

More fishing - this time out of Clyde on the Clutha River...
...while Ann went upriver for a hike...

 

...and captured this beautiful view.
And, we'll end the photos of the trip with this shot on the swing backyard of our cabin in Clyde.

What a lovely trip.  Three weeks in the South Island.  I'd go back tomorrow, but we've got work to do to get ready of the next leg of the adventure - sailing all the way back across the Pacific to get Charisma back on the west coast.

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  1. Cindy Bandrowsky on March 26, 2015 at 6:52 AM

    The photos are stunning. What a beautiful place to explore and enjoy. I first read this entry on Saturday, after a very long and exhausting week at work, and found the photos refreshing. Really helped me to "unwind" just looking at them.
    Now I've had a chance to read your subsequent entries about prepping Charisma for the sail back home, and well, just have to say -- so glad you got the R & R time in. Hope it doesn't become a distant memory as you scrape, sand, paint, repair, work....work....work.... Wearing me out just reading about it!
    Hang in there...:)

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