Remarkable New Zealand - Day 6!

We couldn't possibly see the glaciers without actually walking on one of them...so today, we took a half-day walk/tour of Fox Glacier.  It was SO awesome and an experience we will never, ever forget!  It took quite an exhausting hike to get up the mountain and onto the glacier, but once on the ice, it was by far worth it.  Every day the guides at the glacier company have to go onto the glacier and take turns "cutting" and carving out steps with their axes so they can take tour groups like ours all around the ice.  It really was an amazing experience to be on top of a glacier - but it was even more amazing to crawl through it!!!  T & I had such a fun time and we loved exploring the glacier!  After our tour was over, we were on the road again and heading south to Lake Wanaka.  Guess what?  We stopped several times again for more pictures!!!  Are you noticing a theme for this road trip!?  We saw the beaches of the west coast (beautiful!!), drove through a rainforest, through snowy mountains, and came out at the most insanely gorgeous sight of the whole entire trip - Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka.  Lake Hawea is again, that deep, brilliant aqua blue and is surrounded by sharp, stunning hills.  I have never in my life seen a place that is so breathtaking.  I can say that the sights we saw on the drive between Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka are literally the prettiest, most beautiful places I have ever seen in my (almost) 27 years of life.  Hands-down, without a doubt.  The bummer is, and this is a huge bummer, that my pictures don't even come close to capturing how truly gorgeous it is.  They didn't turn out at all, and it's so unfortunate because I wanted to show all of you how pretty it was!  Then again, I can't help but think that I'm just so blessed that I got to share such an awesome sight with such an outstanding man.  The pictures will remain memories in our hearts forever.