Mt. Victoria Hike

Last Saturday we packed a picnic lunch and drove to nearby Haitaitai Park and hiked up to the Mt. Victoria Lookout. The day started out fairly overcast but then cleared off to beautiful blue skies. The park was amazing, basically a forest full of Grandfather Trees (for anyone who remembers the huge old tree in the woods behind our house on Howard Hill).

We were all tired by the end but Sophie & I still tried to find the area where 'The Road' scene (where the hobbits hide under a tree root from the Black Rider) was filmed. Sophie stuck it out to the end but Josie fell asleep before we got back to the car.

Apologies for the upload lag, we used up our monthly internet allowance at the beginning of the week and were limping along at dialup rate until today!