Arrowtown Biking: Friday, 8/7

Good news! The rain and snow held off for the morning, so we were able to do our bike ride on the Arrowtown/Queenstown trail this morning! The ride took about an hour and a half, and the trail was beautiful, but we were clippin at a good speed and all of us were definitely out of breath with tired muscles by the end. After the bike ride we hopped on the bus and made our way to Cromwell for lunch, and we also stopped in a nice farmers market! The Cromwell area grows a lot of fruits and vegetables and the region is also famous for its wines. Even though southern New Zealand is close to Antarctica, wine is still successful because they make sure to spray warm water on the grapes, etc. to prevent freezing. 

After lunch it started snowing and we stopped to take pictures with the flakes along our drive! It's so weird to know it's snowing in August, which means it's summer for Christmas and just completely backwards from what I'm used to.

Tonight we're spending our last night together in a lodge at the bottom of a valley near Lake Ohau. The valley was created by a glacier, and Ohau is the Maori word for "wind". So the Haley is normally windy, but we were lucky and the air was pretty calm today! Mount Cook is also in this valley, and if the fog clears then we'll be able to get a good view of it tomorrow. I'm definitely sad that this trip is coming to a close, and I'm looking forward to spending our last night together in the lodge.