We decided to stay at the backpackers one more day and travel to Milford Sound just to see what this location has to offer. There was a little rain falling when I woke this morning and the cabin was a little chilly. I should have had a fire ready to go this morning, but opted to use up the firewood the previous evening; keeping us nice and toasty. The morning view from the porch of the cabin was stunning, panoramic views of mountains, Lake Manapouri was blanketed with low lying cloud and pastures were receiving breaks of sunshine. All around the morning fog was burning off and presenting a magnificent day to explore.
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The trip to Milford Sound was highlighted by the waterfalls and the long descending tunnel carved through the mountain. Our only mistake was not getting there in time for the 2:30pm cruise and finding out that there was absolutely nothing to do in Milford Sound other than the cruise, flight or the café where I bought Tegan an ice cream treat. We did see our first Kea and Weka, although we didn’t stop to photograph the Kea when we had the opportunity, we saw it at a rest area on the way to the Sound.
When we returned to the backpackers the owner asked what we thought and we were just ho hum about the experience but could understand if you didn’t live near mountains, the experience would be heightened. For us, it was just a drive and frankly a wasted trip. We should have just went and seen Doubtful Sound from Te Anau instead. But, it wasn’t on my itinerary as something to do, so we didn’t consider it.
We had a nice supper and Tegan watched another movie.
