[Fox Glacier Village, New Zealand] We were truly optimistic this morning and presented ourselves at the Fox Glacier Guides offices at 7:30 even though there wasn’t a blue patch in the sky. Our friendly guide and the dispatch operator from yesterday informed us that the weather was not going to work today after pouring over various online weather resources. Lucky we have a backup booking for tomorrow. So it was straight back to bed for us.

We had plans to get up and possibly hike up to the glacier face or drive up to Franz-Josef to check out that slightly larger village but it started raining and hasn’t stopped. V’s been snoozing all day and I’ve been listening to podcasts. I reckon it’s for the better. We are both still in pain from the mountain biking and have not been able to sleep in for weeks.

Tomorrow the weather is expected to be calm and sunny – let’s see how good the forecasting is in NZ. The only problem I see is if the helicopter drops us high on the glacier in the morning and then is not able to collect us in the afternoon due to weather. It’s too far and dangerous to hike out so it could be quite an adventure.

[Pictures: Hi Mom. The view out the back window]

– Posted from my iPhone via WiFi