🙂 Skiing. Amazing scenery!
🙁 Ski Injury!
Awoke at Queenstown campsite with a hoard of chickens and turkeys squawking for food! It was snowing hard – showered and left after breakfast. Visa processed! All clear from dermatologist – so happy! Had nachos and potato wedges – but expensive in this town. This place is dangerous for paupers …. a playground for the wealthy but NOT for the broke! LOL>
There is a bungee jump place which we gave a miss!
Set off to Wanaka up the Crown Range Road – not actually allowed in our vehicle contract! Twisty and icy! Free camped next to a lake as everything was closed!
Trent weed in bag again 🙁 -6C Very cold! Everything frozen. Views spectacular. Gave two hitchers a lift – Chuck from Truckee and Daren from Wellington. Hired snow chains which we couldn’t fit! Took Trent on nursery slopes which he enjoyed! We were such novices – lol! Note the snow plow! … and check out the sunglasses! 🙂 had donuts for breakfast! Hored skis and boots and poles…
After a glass of mulled wine we then headed on to the mountain and left Trent in a ski lesson. It was sunny and perfect but icy in patches… The first two runs were a breeze and sped down with ease … but on the third run I wiped out and dislocated my thumb! Dr Debbie from Durham gave me gas and air and popped it back in and offered me free physio therapy! LOL>Cute sign next to surgery!
Had some more mulled wine and ski’d a few more runs. Paul fell in the same spot that I wiped out! Met Trent who had come on leaps and bounds in his lesson and had really enjoyed his ski. I had physio at 19h00. The lady who did my physio had worked n west Street in Durban for 6months! Small world. Then we took Trent’s bag and washed and tumbled dried it ten times! This is costing a fortune! Had dinner at Ripples which was DIVINE. Shared pumpkin and orange soup – yum; Rump steak and veg; Fruit crumble and kahlua coffee – what a treat.
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