safe arrival...

so we're here, in queenstown. I love god - we had an amazing journey - left methven mid-morning, had time to stop & play on a gorgeous beach on our way down the east coast, and arrived in queenstown about 6pm. we ran the gauntlet of storms with snow still at the road edges and falling on the hills around us but not where we were. last night it snowed on the hills here so I'm huessing the roads are pretty icy right now. we stayed in a backpackers last night with a really steep driveway which rose valiantly powered out of this morning, only to discover snow had fallen up to 20m away giving us a safe exit! the journey was great, really quick & easy and rose did well seeing as she's full of boxes, bags, bedding.

now we're staying in a motor park (as long as we can find somewhere to store our boxes today!) so are off to buy a fan heater to keep us warm and dry. outside it's snowing...