Immediately after I got off the bus and looked around I regretted having only one night in Lake Tekapo. It is known for its night sky, toted as the best in New Zealand. Anyone who has heard me speak about what I love about Saskatchewan knows just how much emphasizes I put on the sky and stars. I feel very connected to the stars, not because I have studied constellations or anything, but because I feel their energy and power and I like to believe the ones I love that have left this earth are amongst the stars.
Of course the one night I was in Lake Tekapo it was a cloudy night so I couldn’t see any stars.
Since I only had one day I decided the main thing I wanted to do was climb Mt. John. It is about a 1 hour hike to the top where there is a café as well as the observation centre. It was a beautiful wooded hike until closer to the top when the bush stops and it is just a massive field. Once at the top the view of the area was magnificent. You could see a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and lakes. I could’ve stayed up there for hours but it was getting late and I didn’t want to walk down the hillside at night alone because that is asking for trouble.
Being a Canadian who has grown up with lakes formed from glaciers, you would think I have learnt my lesson from swimming in glacier lakes but nope. When I arrived the lake looked so beautiful and it was actually sunny (it has been shit weather for the past month in Akaroa) so I decided “why not go for a swim”. It was so cold and I lasted about 10mins in the water before I had to get out. I know what you’re thinking, “she’s Canadian, she should be used to it” but I’m also a beaner who wasn’t made to swim in glacier lakes. It was still a beautiful day to sit and read my book while sunning myself.
Oh Lake Tekapo… I can’t wait to return to you and see where heaven and earth meet.
XOXO
Sid
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