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Hiking Around Lake Wanaka (New Zealand)

1/26/2014

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Hi everyone! I'm in New Zealand for a week visiting wineries. After landing in Queenstown, we drove over to Lake Wanaka!
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We had an afternoon of free time and took a little hike around the lake...
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We passed several canoes, but it was drizzling and not so ideal for boating.
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The dramatic landscape rose to the left...
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Then this signed beckoned, and drew us off course!
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The Southern Alps rise in the distance.
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Soon you are enveloped by the vines in Emma's Block at Rippon.
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Flowers push up under vines heavy with grapes...
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Storm clouds gathered and it began to drizzle.
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The path drew us higher, up to the tasting room.
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Past the machinery...
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Pausing to glance behind, the vineyards sprawl to the lake.
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The small island offshore helps to mediate the microclimate.
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The views become more spectacular the higher you go... And after this long hike, the reward is a flight of Rippon! Stay tuned for tomorrow's adventures...
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