Peaks,Mazes, and Farm Country Jan 5th 2012

After our night in Timaru we were on our way to Queenstown (the adventure city) and but along the way we completed a 4 hour hike to Peak Isthmus near lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. The view was spectacular but it got tougher and tougher as we got higher and higher. We were encountered by mountain sheep (and lots of them) and high winds and we neared the top. Nearly 1300 meters above sea level we decided to turn back around as the winds were picking up. We were both pretty exhausted by this point but proud of our feat!

With some hiking complete for the day we kept on driving and nearing Queenstown we came across a small amusement park called puzzling world, which has fun mirrors, a two story maze, mind puzzles etc. Mark really enjoyed trying out how to do all the hand puzzles and figuring out the maze! We arrived in Queenstown around 9pm at Bumbles (a hostel overlooking the mountains) and hit the hay! Queenstown in wonderfully beautiful by the way!

Oh and we saw some Pioneer signs along the way!!! ; ) Ben, can you figure out the varieties?

Thumbs up for Pioneer!

They were harvesting oats with a combine head

These faces look like they are sticking out but they are actually sunken inwards

Finally taller than Mark!

I dont look like I am far up but here we are almost at the peak of Mt Isthmus

The mountain we climbed...in the picture before this I am halfway up this mountain. Mark and I made it  just past the grey  triangle shape on the mountain (see it just above the patch of trees on the left)