Car Troubles

Finally, what everyone has been waiting for – a rest (sort of) day!!  We really didn’t plan on a rest day today.  However, if you’ve been following the blog, this event was inevitable!  We planned on taking a 4 hour hike this morning.  After finally getting all our gear loaded, the car didn’t start.  Imagine that!  We are up at Mt. Cook – no services – but at least I had cell service.  It took about 2 hours for the tow truck to come, get us up and running and on our way.  I called the car rental place and told them I wanted a new car.  We finally decided they’d bring me a car in Wanaka where we had reservations.  They didn’t want me shutting off the car to get gas or even in the parking lot when we arrived, so we were kind of stuck until after 3:00 in the afternoon babysitting a car.  Don’t worry, I plan on letting them know this when I return the car.  We stopped at a picnic spot on the way back and let the car run while we ate.  After arriving back in Wanaka, we waited for our new car.  We are both kind of tired from all the fuss and driving, so we just went walking around town here in Wanaka.  I did manage to make some reservations for the next few days so we at least have a plan!  Laundry was done, some cribbage played and I’m ready for a good night’s sleep.  We may try paddle boarding in the morning before our flight to Milford Sound in the afternoon.   After all the driving and the waiting, it really wasn’t much of a rest day after all!

Pictures – a few…