up @ 7, 20-min walk down the road, checking out the fantastic post-dawn lighting
work in kitchen, 8-12:30, drinking a ghetto mocha (percolated coffee--rare in NZ--w/ hot chocolate), doing dishes, polishing silverware, etc.
made myself French toast for lunch, checked e-mail
took 3k bike ride to Glacier Burn trailhead, hiked up 50 mins through forest until reaching a rocky scramble. dinked around in the rocks, checking out the view of the valley & up to the snowy peaks, then trotted back down to the bike, which only took 20 mins.
biked back to Kinloch, quickly removed shoes & shirt, & jumped in the icy, tingling-cold lake, scrambling to swim quickly to shore, then walked barefoot up to the hottub, following which I took a luxurious shower & repaired to dinner & to do laundry before leaving.
for the 1st time since I arrived, I didn't work dinner, so I consulted w/ Julie, a physical therapist who's working as a housekeeper here, to help out w/ my knee problems.
I've got some odds & ends to clear up, John's taking me to Queenstown tomorrow, then I hope to hitchhike to Christchurch, where I've somehow got to meet up w/ my friend who has the van in Rangiora, 1 1/2-hrs away, then pick up Teri @ the airport on Tues, who's either arriving @ 3 or 11 p.m., depending on which flight she catches! logistics, logistics, logistics. ugh.
