Along the way...

So I think I have highlighted all the main stops of my trip in NZ, but there were a lot of cool places that we stopped at along the way that I want to share with you all. So much beauty in New Zealand! It was seriously so neat to experience God's creation so powerfully each and every day!

The pictures are in order from bottom to top of this list.
1. Don't remember the name, but a HOT water creek in the middle of the bush. Seriously too hot to go in. So weird!
2. Mud/thermal pools near National Park in the North Island
3. Punakaiki Rocks, aka Pancake Beach.
4. Blue Pools- Glacier fed pools. Extremely cold, but so clear and well worth jumping into. The bridge getting to them was kinda sketchy though.
5. Queen Elizabeth Park-Looked like a nice beach to relax on.
6. Knight's Peak Lookout-Views a secluded beach at the bottom of a cliff.
7. Mt. Cook- NZ's tallest peak and where Sir Edmund Hillary trained before climbing Mt. Everest. It was pretty cloudy the day I was there, so the peak is kinda hard to see.
8. Lake Matheson- You are not supposed to be able to distinguish the real image from the reflection because it is that clear!
9. Kawarau Bridge- Home of the first commercial bungy jump. Scary!
10. Church of the Good Shepard at Lake Tekapo- One of the oldest churches in NZ. Supposedly there is an 8 year waiting list if you want to get married there!

Okay, so I think the pictures are out of order. I will try and figure that out soon. Bear with me as I get used to this blog thing.