It has taken a while to get started but the much anticipated migration offshore is finally underway. It's a hot sunny day in Queenstown and the town is alive with people enjoying the sun - as well as those trying to escape from it in the air conditioned stores.
Mary's house is perched up on a hillside about 20kms out of the centre of Queenstown. It is a custom designed home that is a shadow of its former glory, but the bones are still there hinting at the once modern wooden angular home it used to be. A large concrete sculpture adorns the front yard made by a local artist back when the house was first constructed. The design was featured in a womans magazine at the time, but is now in dire need of some real tlc to bring its back to its glory of days gone by.
After lunch in Gore yesterday (an extended stay due to the headlights being left on...) we arrived at Mary's to spend the evening on the deck, sipping Peregrine and chatting about life and what we have all been doing. The sky came alive after dark and we stargazed for a while, spotting sattellites and shooting stars with an almost child like delight. The serenity makes it really feel like an escape - something I could definitely get used to.
Briefly catching up on emails now, hoping to hear from those scattered north so we might catch up along the way! Our next stop will be somewhere along the west coast, perhaps somewhere near Haast. Suggestions welcome!
More soon,
Em ^_^
