Wet at Lake Moeraki

 Let's get a little caught up on the rides, I'm falling way too far behind.  I had good intentions yesterday.  I had two hours free and wifi was working.  Plugged in the laptop, turned it on.  Turned it on.  TURNED IT ON.  The laptop wasn't firing up.  Messed around with it for almost an hour before finally realizing that the outlet I'd plugged into wasn't hot.  For those smarty-pants' that have been to New Zealand and know about the switches that are used to turn outlets on and off--yes, I double-checked that the switch was hot.  After that I had to go away and take a breath from the machine.  With the battery re-charged (it also needs a new battery as this one's fading) I sat down at the couch to finally complete one measly entry.  The laptop fired up fine.  Everything looked ok.  Then the mouse wouldn't work.  I messed around with that for another 30 mins.  After Googling bluetooth solutions for this particular mouse and getting nowhere, I did the obvious thing:  I rebooted.  Yes, that worked.  But by then I was wiped out mentally and gave up.  Blogging sucks.  

I'm going to download all rides and routes to date and then post photos to this entry as I can.  There are 5 ride days left, tomorrow may be a bust if it's raining again.  

Day 5 route on Strava:  NZ Day 5 Reefton to Cape Foulwind

RidewithGPS route:  NZ Day 5 Reefton to Westport (I know the route says to "Westport" but we blew right past it all the way to Cape Foulwind (another 6 miles)

Day 6 route on Strava: NZ Day 6 Cape Foulwind to Greymouth 

RidewithGPS route:  NZ Day 6 Cape Foulwind to Greymouth 

Day 7 route on Strava: NZ Day 7 Greymouth to Jacksons

RidewithGPS route:  NZ Day 7 Greymouth to Jacksons 

Day 8 was a rest day in Hokitika.

Day 9 route on Strava:  NZ Day 9 Hokitka to Franz Josef Glacier 

RidewithGPS route:  NZ Day 9 Hokitika to Franz Josef Glacier 

Day 10 route on Strava (it was a shorty):  NZ Day 10 Franz Josef Glacier to Fox Glacier 

RoutewithGPS route:  NZ Day 10 Franz Josef Glacier to Fox Glacier 

Day 11 (TODAY!) route on Strava:  NZ Day 11 Fox Glacier to Lake Moeraki 

RidewithGPS route: NZ Day 11 Fox Glacier to Lake Moeraki 

Let's see how long it takes for me to get behind again. Exciting stuff that is, above.  I never thought of showing the complete routes on one map.  So here goes that:

After the last ride on Thursday the 22nd we are van-pooled back to Christchurch and then fly home on Thursday.  

Lake Moeraki, our Day 11 destination, is amazing.  Beautiful all around.  It's also located in a rain forest. So guess what it did today?  

I'll add more photos amd videos later. . . .