Posted Snapshots: Queen Charlotte Track.
Category: Place
New Year in New Zealand
New Year’s Day, 2018, we did what we usually do on New Year’s Day: went for a walk. Today was the longest section of the Queen Charlotte. Tonight, 7:00 p.m. it will be 2018 in Minneapolis.
Punga Cove
New Year’s Eve, continued walking the Queen Charlotte Track to Punga Cove. The view is from our verandah.
Hiking on a Rest Day
We designated today a rest day. So, we did what we always do on rest days: we hiked.
Queen Charlotte Sound
No photo did justice to Queen Charlotte Sound on the first day of our tramp.
Descent into Blenheim BHE
Our descent in a de Havilland Dash 8 into Blenheim BHE, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, took us over part of the Queen Charlotte Track. Tomorrow we start a multi-day tramp along that track.
Flight to Summer
Boarded Air New Zealand 7, SFO to AKL and summer
New Zealand 2017/2018
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Burgers and Beer
Walked over to our local, Maxwell’s, for a quiet late lunch of burgers and beer.
Farewell, Queen of the Sky
Watched a 747-400 make this low pass then a farewell lap at MSP before landing, the end of 747 passenger operations by any American airline. I have fond memories of Northwest Orient’s “wide cabins in the sky” taking us from MSP to Tokyo Narita and points beyond.