Have been in Milford the past two days. And this place is AMAZING! The mountains here tower over you like nowhere I've been before. The weather has been perfect as you can see in pictures. Low 60's. Went out on an overnight cruise last night and only just got back. They take you out in afternoon, you get in small tender boats and go for spin around, then back on board the big boat for supper. Which was superb as well. There were 51 passengers on board. Had my own room which was nice. The boat is in the fourth picture. Met lots of interesting people on board, the skipper was a really nice guy and super interested in Montana. And the on board nature guide has been all over the western US. Having been here in NZ over 3 months I can tell you that it so far has been the coolest thing I've done yet. Truly a must for anyone visiting. Off to do bit hiking/ camping for next few days.
Wish I had my own room on my last cruise....
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Jack and I like to watch the nature shows on Saturday morning and this morning on "Jeff Corwin's Ocean Mysteries", he was in New Zealand! They went to an area of rocky cliffs first-- Foulwind I think it was called and they tagged baby fur seals. There were seals all over this cliff, it was amazing. Then they went diving in Milford Sound--- they saw more fur seals swimming in the waters, octopus, eels, puffer fish, dogfish (a kind of shark), and all kinds of other things! Jeff was saying that the unique thing about Milford Sound is the variety of ecosystems present--- the cold and ice at the top of the mountains, the mountain sides are rainforest, and then freshwater mixing with the saltwater. Very, very interesting. So cool that you got to see it first hand. They went to a third location too to see sperm whales. The wildlife there must be just breathtaking.
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