Bye bye my friends...hello Mt. Cook!

My little adventure in Oamaru had come to an end and we headed 2 1/2 hours north to Aoraki/Mt. Cook.  But before we left we still had to head to the Moeraki Boulders for the sunrise and a sheep shearing demonstration to go to!  Oamaru ain't gonna get rid of me that quickly!

These didn't come out as good as I had hoped, but I guess they're good enough.  Plus the sunrise wasn't as vibrant as I hoped.

When we got back to the house these little guys were waiting for us.  Poor thing, they look so scared.  But I don't blame them, they're gonna be naked!

He was fast!  He could finish one in about a minute!

Randy took a shot at it too

A few last pics before I leave

They have peacocks too!

After a long drive we made it to Mt. Cook.  Since our stargazing tour didn't start till 8:30 we took a short hike to Kea Point.  

Lets just say I wasn't too impressed.  I hiked a half an hour for this?!?  I was expecting something spectacular!

I was bummed about our stargazing tour, it was crystal clear skies for most of the night and when they finally let us take pictures a whole bunch of clouds came around.  I got about  5 minutes of clear skies, and two of them were interrupted with people flashing their cameras while I was shooting a 30 second exposure.  I was not happy.  I purposely moved away from everyone so they wouldn't get in my way and they freakin followed me. 

I gotta get more practice with this. I have no idea how people do it.  You have to manually focus but you can barely see anything.  How do you know if you're in focus?!?!?

gnite!