Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Tueday, April 24: Springfield - Arthur's Pass

The plan was to leave early in the morning and get three things done:

1. See the big boulders some 20km west of Springfield towards Arthur's Pass (I've already been there)

2. Do Cave Stream - a 40 minute walk in a cave with freezing water (already did that)

3. Main attraction - Do the Avalanche Peak track in Arthur's Pass

We did 1 and 2, and then realized there would be no more time for three, so we decided to take it easy for the rest of the day and do nothing (one of my favorite activities).

Our backpacker for the night is in Arthur's Pass,is without a doubt the best one I've been to. Very clean and very nice. A really great place to do some serious cooking. Only trouble is - no supermarker with 1.5 hour drive radius. What a bummer!

In the evening, I played some backgamon with Ben (7:3 for the Marcos) and then Ben, Anna, and I played some Yaniv, which was rather amusing, in light of Anna's early enthusiasm due to her being in the lead (at first). Ultimately, she came in last, I second and Ben first.

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