Monday, September 22, 2014

New Zealand-Day 2, Part 1

Waking up from our first night.  We had a couple 2-Bedroom apartments…Hallie had her own room, but was getting over being sick and had a rough first night, so ended up in bed with us…leaving one room completely empty! 

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Some other views of our place in Greymouth

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Then we hit the road and headed north a half hour to Punakaiki.  It was a windy and beautiful drive along the coastline.

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We made it to the Pancake Rocks and spent some time along the walk, admiring the unique rock structures and beautiful ocean views.

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You can see the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone which is created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments.

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We loved watching the waves crashing into the rocks.

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It was neat to see this heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes during high tides.

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It’s neat to see the images in the rocks.

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Kyla was having talking on the 2-way radios!

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