Queen Charlotte Sound
This was the view at 8:00am standing on the docks of Picton, NZ looking out into Queen Charlotte Sound.
My dad did most of the planning for this trip as I’ve been bolting around all over the world. In the last three weeks alone I’ve been on three continents and spent about 35 hours in the air. My dad is really more of an urbanite than the outdoorsy type and I was therefore a bit surprised when my dad suggested we take a ferry into one of the islands of Queen Charlotte Sound, and hike 15km (nearly 10 miles) from Ship Cove to the Furneaux Lodge where we’d be picked up.
I was so proud to see him troop on through. The first 30 minutes were a pretty decent climb up to the top of a hill, followed by never ending set of undulations as we circumnavigated the island from the sides of its hills. Total hike time was about 4 hours, terminating in a bar serving fantastic brie and chicken burgers with cold beers.
As far as views goes—my dad sure knows how to pick a hike!
