Day 14: This is the reason no one lives here

Rain! Rain! Rain!
Our next big driving day started out nice. We had an awesome breakfast in Queenstown and then headed north. We stopped at Puzzling World for some fun and games. Then as we moved up through the rain forest and Haast Pass - Rain! We actually ate our picnic lunch in the car pulled over on the side of the road. It rained in the mountains and rained on the coast. We saw the most amazing waterfalls but couldn't take pictures through the wet car windows and didn't want to get Richard's camera out in the rain.
We stopped at Fox Glacier despite the rain and took a few quick shots. We then hauled it on over to Franz Josef Glacier to check in to the Glow Worm Cottage. It is another shared toilet (Kiwi for the entire bathroom) backpackers hostel but is very clean. There is a great kitchen and lounge where I am blogging from and a hot tub, although I think no amount of convincing will get Chris into the hot tub.
We are both cold and wet and the continued rain prevents us from getting our luggage out of the car. Chris is grabbing a power nap and I am in here blogging. In 30 minutes the kitchen serves free vegetable soup.