Glacier
Today we drove forever to see the Frans Joseph Glacier. We got there after hours of driving and I was feeling pretty exausted at this point. The glacier was about an hours hike away. It was pretty cool to see. It kind of looked like an ice ski slope tucked in between two rock mountains. Some parts were blue and other grey and white. I guess it had receded a lot in the last few years. It was crazy to see the point where the glacier was in the 1700 and how small it is now. It was literally miles smaller than it had been previously. The water running out of it is ice cold. I’m glad I saw the glacier but by the time we got back to the car (for another 4 hour drive) I was really ready to be down. We stayed in Greymouth (a nothing town) for the night before driving back to Nelson in the morning where I would then catch my flight to Auckland that afternoon.
