Queenstown

We spent the day in Queenstown

up on a mountain with this amazing view

 

 

 

Taking the motorized luge ride halfway down, then going up and taking it down again

(I still haven't mastered videos on my blog).

The gondola ride down

and what happens when all four kids (with no grown-up) are in one gondola, 

 

one of them has your IPhone,

 

loves to take pictures

 

and ham it up for the camera.

On the way out we stopped at a beach along the beautiful Shotover River.

New Zealanders are so protective of their gorgeous islands but then you see insane stuff like these speed-crazed motorboats charging up and down the river, careening and making tight turns with lots of waves and spray all for the excitement of their screaming tourist passengers.

 

 

This is a tame view of one of the motorboats.