Sunday, February 17, 2013

Catch Up 2

I can't exactly remember where we went next so I will start with what I remember.  On the next little drive we almpost ran out of gas but we made it to a town right on time.  Then a couple hours later we got to the final destination.  That drive took us about seven hours.  On long drives like that I think about random things.  I have realized that while we are in the car and nobody is talking that I just think.  I think about random things like how touchscreen works.  I came to the conclusion that it is friction.  Also my brother and sister wear there monster beats and listen to really loud music.  My brain takes the songs and kind of plays it over and over in the background then if I start to think about the music it comes to the front.  Anyway when we got to the next place I got a queen sized bed.  The only problem was we did not have internet.  Because of are week trip people think we are dead.  ATTENTION! IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN WE ARE NOT DEAD!  So we went to sleep and woke up on Valentines day.  This day I remember best.  We drove about a hour and a half to get to Milford Sound.  On are way there we entered the Fiord Lands.  The Fiord Lands have huge mountains that are snow capped.  Since it is summer time the snow melts a little bit.  This causes there to be a waterfall about every two seconds on the mountains.  They can look small but are huge.  You can only imagine how big a waterfall is when it looks big from half a kilometer away.  So we went through this little tunnel to get to Milford Sound.  You can not go that direction during the day because of rock falls.  These are huge avalanches of rock falling off a mountain onto the road.  You might not want to not get stuck in one of those by yourself at night.  When we got to Milford Sound we borded the little boat we are going to stay the night in while we cruise around the Milford Sound.  I was a little afraid of going on that boat because we had to turn around in the Tasman Sea.  The Tasman Sea is extremely rough.  While we were cruising around we saw a huge waterfall.  The guide said the waterfall was bigger then Niagara Falls.  I didn't believe him.  Anyway we got near are area where we would stay overnight then a big group of dolphins came and were following us in the boat.  This boat holds about thirty people.  So all those people were going to each side of the boat to watch the dolphins jump out of the water.  There was a little dolphin that they said might be two to three weeks old.  Once we parked for the night it was only five.  So we had a choice of kayaking or going on a boat ride.  I chose the kayak and made my dad too.  He was unstable in the kayak.  It looked as if everybody else was fine in theres including me.  I kayaked over to see if I could see some of the most rare penguins in the world.  I paddled near the shore and saw three.  The guide said that I was very lucky to see them.  When I got back in the boat the guide was talking about how sometimes the seals come and feed on the fish attracted to the lights on the boat.  He also said that the little deck in the back can have a seal on there resting.  But he said that is during the night.  We went to dinner next and had the most amazing meal.  It was not as good as Jane's who owns Haurata but still very good.  Then my brother and sister went back to the room while I went with my mom and dad to see some videos and pictures they have taken.  One picture he showed us was the roughest time in Milford Sound.  It looked rougher than the Tasman Sea  Then shortly afterwards he showed us a picture of the Tasman Sea.  Just slightly rougher.  Just looking at the picture almost made me throw up.  The next morning we woke up at seven so we could eat breakfast.  Then we turned around in the Tasman Sea which wasn't too bad.  Then we had to pack up.  I got everything packed so I went to read on my bed.  That day we drove as far as we could and stopped by a place to visit the main Cadbury factory.  The guide was really finny and nice.  They also gave us a lot of chocolate.   Because my brother did't want to I got to drop one ton of chocolate.  Then we drove more and stopped at the next place because it was getting late.  In the morning my dad got an email asking if we had lost a computer I knew it could't be me but when my dad told me to check I could't find it.  So right now it is with the people on the boat waiting to get shipped back to us.  So I'm using my moms computer.  We drove home that day.  The next day we did not really do anything.  Now finally today I have volleyball practice with some New Zealanders.  I really hope I don't stink at it.  Also this doesn't sound like me but I am starting to write a book.

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