Rolling down through the South Island, Christchurch to Queenstown -- Feb 27, 2019

Today was driving day.  We drove from Christchurch to Queenstown, rather uneventful, but tons of gorgeous scenery, some of which I’ll share with you.

The height and the depth of the hedgerows between fields were amazing

the blue in the waters of many rivers and the lake was equally amazing

the snow-capped mountain views were amazing

The closer we got to Queenstown, the more vineyard there were

look at the color of that water!  Apparently from mica dredged up from the glaciers

New Zealand's Southern Alps are being pushed up by tectonic forces shockingly 

faster than any mountains in the world.  

The Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate come together right under New Zealand.

A rainbow greeted us as we entered Queenstown

We found our condo quite easily, and this one is a definite keeper.  We have had excellent luck with our AirBnB condos.  However, a fair number of them seem to be corporate owned using young managers to take care of correspondence with renters.  We think it's unfortunate that this method of the "shared economy" is now shifting into big business instead of people helping other people.  That said, this particular condo has spectacular views and is quite wonderful: