Nelson Lakes, Ham, Mallards, and Eels

Thursday we went tramping (Mom, don’t worry, that is how they say hiking…) around Nelson Lakes. They were beautiful. I am especially appreciative of them because this is one of the only lakes in New Zealand that we actually had good weather for.

There are at least 2 lakes in New Zealand that we didn’t get to see due to weather that actually make MIRROR images of the mountains, sky, and trees… so this is as good as it got for us…

The coolest part though is that while we were enjoying our ham sandwiches along the boardwalk, watching the mallards swim by… two huge freshwater grey eels were swimming just below us. They even tried to eat the ducks’ feet a couple of times (sadly, one duck was actually missing a foot… probably from an eel!)

Did I mention the beautiful rainbow that was quite possibly the largest, most perfect rainbow I've ever seen. It was as if we were driving straight towards the "pot of gold." Then, a second one appeared! The KIWI driver even pulled over so we could take some pictures of it!