Too tired to journal much tonight. We got lost trying to find Lake Kaniere campground. Another long day of driving through the long white cloud, which is west coast New Zealand.
The coast north of Greymouth was beautiful! Kind of like Canon Beach, Oregon in a way. It was a treat after following miles and miles of farmland up the coast. The furtheset north we drove was to Pancake rocks. Albeit a crowded tourist destination, the rock formations were pretty neat, and the blow holes were better than those I'd seen in Hawai'i.
Today we met our second endangered bird of the trip, the Kiwi bird. They look almost like a duck, and don't seem like the most intelligent of creatures. They made their homes in the flax plants along the coast. Just today, we finally found out what those plants were. Ever since our journey through Routeburn Track, we've been seeing these plants all over the place. They grow almost like Agave, and produce tall, black seed pod stalks from their center. They seem to grow to about 6-8 ft tall.
Tomorrow, we will wake up early so Jude can wish his grandmother a happy Easter, who is back on the east coast in the states. Then it's off to see the beautiful blue waters of Hokitika River.
Goodnight
Ryan
