New Zealand Day 6: Our best day yet!!!!!!!!

Where to even start with today!?!?!!! Okay, as of last night we were not sure what today would bring us or what we would end up doing. We had skydiving on the itinerary however even though we tried to book it right when we got in, they were completely booked for today (strange- you book everything here the day before with no issues). So weather conditions had kept skydiving on hold for 3 days which is why it was so booked from those people pushing it back. Anyways- so the only other thing that I had REALLY wanted to do in New Zealand that we just had no time for is to hike one of the glaciers on the south island- ice spike shoes and all! Well glaciers are 5+ hour drive from QT so it really wasn't an option, however i found a helicopter tour that will at least take you to the top of one and let you see it. It was too late to call last night so I set the alarm for very early to try this morning. Thank God for Peter who was so gracious to me! They too had 3 backed days of no flights going out and many people waiting for the right day. I received a call back from him that he would fit us into a different tour- one that is twice as expensive and three times as long. He said we would be picked up in a half an hour (I was still in bed) and we would fly to Milford Sound, land then get a 2 hr boat cruise around Milford Sound. We would then load up the helicopter again and set out for a glacier landing. So basically what we wanted and more and he offered it to us at the same price of just the glacier tour as long as I did not discuss our deal with the other passengers aboard. We saved $720- the only thing that we were hesitant about is the fact that tomorrow we had a planned overnight cruise of Milford Sound and we didn't know how we felt about seeing it 2 times. I told Kyle the weather for tomorrow is not supposed to be good, and being such a gorgeous place we should for sure go today to at least get one pretty day cruise out of it.

Okay, so it turned out to be our best day yet!!!! Helicopter ride was indescribably, unforgettably amazing. I have never seen such beauty before in my life- the angles you get, and the things you get to see which you could not possibly see on foot or in a plane are breathtaking. Kyle said he didn't think he stopped smiling the entire time. If I wasn't on the outside, I sure was on the inside!!! The Milford Sound cruise was lovely too. We learned it was the exact route that the cruise would take the next day, and also confirmed the weather is not looking great for the following day so we decided to switch from an overnight Milford sound cruise to a Doubtful Sound day cruise. Anyways- it rains A LOT in Milford Sound..... At least 300 days a year, and they said they can get more rain in a week than London in a year (shocking because it rains a lot there too!). That being said, we were very fortunate to have our cruise with blue skies and white clouds today! Again, Milford Sound's beauty is so hard to describe in words or even show in pictures. There are large mountains forming the land around the twisting and turning water- snow caps, waterfalls, penguins, seals, you get it all! After our cruise we loaded back into the helicopter and set off for a glacier however because of the wind (it was darn windy out- it was surprising we were allowed in a helicopter at all) as well as cloud cover over the glacier tops we went to the peak of a tall, very powder snowy mountain. I was a little sad, but once we got to the top of the mountain I was not disappointed. It was gorgeous!!! We kept imagining ourselves as the crazy good snowboarders at go to mountain tops via helicopter and do super wild things. You would sink a foot into the snow (down to the glacier part) with every other step...... Not a good day for me to have worn cute little flats, but the cold feet didn't bother me too much with that view. After taking pictures up there and playing around a little we boarded back up and set off for Queenstown. We finished this part of our day with a late lunch at Fergburger. And the winner is............ Devil's Burger!!!!! We thought it was better, AND it was cheaper! Kyle is currently playing a round of golf as I write this so his golf pics wont make it into this post- plus, it's a loaded one already!

Now..... Speaking of that..... Pictures. I have gone through them 3 times and cannot seem to get the number of photos I keep on the iPad lower than 250 for the day (I only keep the really good ones on here but keep all of them on the card). I have no idea how to chose which for you to see but here goes nothing........