After a crazy day on Avalanche Peak, we took the rental station wagon off road the following day on Audra's pilgrimage to Edoras, where the LOTR set was constructed. This beautiful craggy hill, Mt. Sunday, is set in the middle of an enormous valley surrounded by the snowcapped peaks of the Southern Alps. We took the liberty to cross some private land, cattle ranges, and sheep grazing hills. We had to ford quite a few braided streams, thigh deep, and go through ankle deep manure, but finally we arrived on the summit of Edoras for a nice, well earned lunch! We left after a ton of photos and a few hours to head to gorgeous Lake Tekapo, where the sunset over the southern alps lit up this tiny stone church, the Church of the Good Shepherd. AMAZING. car camped and didn't sleep at all that night, but nothing could dampen the day!
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