Lovely Nelson in the South Island!

After the ferry ride over to the South Island, we got back on the roads and on our way to Nelson, home of Susan (Estelwyn). She very kindly offered to let us stay with her for the night, and Rebecca and I are both excited to be sleeping indoors! Woohoo!

The drive was very beautiful, although I did notice a lot of logging activity that made the hills slightly less pretty. We've been graced with beautiful weather again today, and the drive was enjoyable. We stopped for a quick lunch at The Clansman (as in Scottish) in Havelock before arriving in Nelson and meeting up with Susan. She met us at her lovely house and we went out the World of Wearable Art, which was really cool! Basically, New Zealand has a big event every year where people make this wearable art! Check out the link for last year's winner. It was really cool! After that we took Susan's dog to the beach and walked around for a bit. I am just so happy to have beautiful weather - it really makes a ton of difference!

Now we're back at Susan's and she and her partner (who is also very lovely) are making dinner while Rebecca and I are being rude and not helping, instead taking advantage of the internet. (Thanks again, Susan, it was so nice of you to host us!) Tomorrow we are going to drive down the west coast and go on a glacier tour, which should be another really awesome day!

Here we are after dinner: (Carrie, Susan, Rebecca, me)