Ben Lomond

After a cold night, with one degree, we had to get up early. Make sandwiches, fill up the car's water tank and empty old water. From the parking lot, we then headed to the starting point of our hiking route to Ben Lomond. There were various routes, if you wanted to go all the way up to Ben Lomond it would take almost 8 hours. We only walked a section of about 2 hours uphill. The steep mountain up. It was a breathtaking view over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. The lake was so clear blue and then the trees had such beautiful autumn colors. At some point along the way, we entered a forest with many tall firs. There were many mountain bikers racing down the mountain. When we finally reached the top. We took a break for a snack. Then it all went downhill again. Down in the city, we treated ourselves to a pretzel. Which we haven't had in over 5 months because you couldn't buy it anywhere else. In the evening, we drove towards the campsite at Lake Dunstan.