Day 4- lake tekapo and twizel

Ridiculously fun day! Began our bus ride to mount cook at 8 am but didn't get here til 5:30. We stopped in a small town for a rest stop break and I loaded up on postcards and stamps (so much money) postcards cost $2 to send and we only put $1 postage on the first ones we sent so those won't be making it anywhere. We stopped in a town calle twizel which is absolutely GORGEOUS! If you look at my pics I added on facebook you can see a little taste of what it looked like. We had lunch by the water and mountains then they had a birthday brownie cake thing for me and I got sang to again :) we loaded the bus again and went to a canal surrounded by mountains where the water is sooo blue! We learned about hydropower and how they use the water for power and what's so cool is that the water is blue because of the erosion and plate tectonics that cause the rocks to break and slide down the mountains and into the water leaving a milky color. After that we went to ohao farm where a nice kiwi man talked to us about tenure review which is how the government has basically taken ownership of some his land. He talked about his farm and we saw a ton of sheep and got to feel their fur which I'm obsessed with! The guys think I'm weird but I really want to cuddle with one of the sheep they're so cute! His farm was used as one of the sites for the filming of lord of the rings so that was awesome! After that we got back on the bus did another buddy switch so we'd meet new people and headed to our finals destination mount cook! Katelyn and I are being picked on for asking too many questions and saying dumb things, it's not very nice. And we are also referred to as the caitlins now and I'm pretty sure everyone on this trip knows us because we are always somehow everyones source of entertainment without trying to be! :( so we are in a 10 person room! 5 bunk beds! But when you look out the window and see snow capped mountains everything seems to be alright! Tomorrow we have a 4 hour hike and it's prob going to be a WEE but chilly! Oh yeah, no heat in our cabin or room or whatever you want to call it. Good thing I have this wonderful rei down sleeping bag (thanks mom and dad)! 

Miss everyone! 

Peace & love!

Caitlin