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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  December 5, 20185:00 am| 25 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

Submissions from commenters are welcome at tools.balloon-juice.com

 

Another amazing Wednesday, enjoy!

Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

Fiordland to Milford Bay

In our continuing journey with Jinsun in New Zealand we travel from the Fiordand National Park to Milford Bay. This area is in the southern portion of the South Island just west of Queenstown.

(I only had the hashtags Fiordland and Milford Bay from her FB posts so it took a bit of research to nail the locations down since the planed visit from our guide didn’t materialize due to the onset of the flu.)

Taken on 2018-09-27 00:00:00

Mirror Lakes, South Island, New Zealand

Here’s the South Island Alps mirrored in Mirror Lake(or lakes). They call it Mirror Lakes, but there only seems to be one. It’s a particularly nice view especially with the early spring snow still on the mountains.

Taken on 2018-09-27 00:00:00

Mirror Lakes, South Island, New Zealand

Mirror Lakes(or lake) is a long, narrow lake in the Eglinton Valley that perfectly reflect the mountains just to the west. Here we get a bit less of a reflection and a nice shot of Mt. Eglinton.

Taken on 2018-09-27 00:00:00

Pop’s View, South Island, New Zealand

At Pop’s View the road turn from north to west for the journey to Milford Sound. The lush valley provides a nice foreground to the snowy peaks in the background.

 

Thank you so much ?BillinGlendaleCA, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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25Comments

  1. 1.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 5:42 am

    Hmmm, there’s a missing picture. I’ll put up a link to it on my Flickr. Then again, I just could have screwed up the submission.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 5:46 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Here’s a link to the missing pic, it’s of a place called the Chasm. It’s where the river goes over a waterfall, the shot captures the river just as it’s flowing to the waterfall.

  3. 3.

    Amir Khalid

    December 5, 2018 at 5:50 am

    If I squint very hard, I can see the Fellowship of the Ring hiking in the distance.

  4. 4.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 6:03 am

    @Amir Khalid: I didn’t see the movies, but the chances are pretty good. Quite a bit of the filming was done on both the North and South Islands.

  5. 5.

    arrieve

    December 5, 2018 at 6:06 am

    I’ve been to Mirror Lake — thanks for happy memories. Such a beautiful place.

  6. 6.

    satby

    December 5, 2018 at 6:07 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: and though they’re all beautiful, that one is my personal favorite. Thank Jinsun for us, and thank you Bill for the tweaking that makes them pop.

  7. 7.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 6:43 am

    @arrieve: It looks really pretty, alot of her pics from the South Island remind me of southern Alaska.

    @satby: Pity my prose attached to the pic went to the bit bucket?. She inherited her photography skills from her mother(that’s a good thing), she saw the pre-Thanksgiving entries and was very appreciative of the kind comments. She also seemed pretty happy with “Dad’s photo processing lab”.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    December 5, 2018 at 6:48 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: All the pictures are wonderful, and thank you for the additional link. What a great vacation.

  9. 9.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 5, 2018 at 6:52 am

    There are two big fjords on the South Island that have regular tourist boats. Milford Sound is the popular choice, since it’s a bit easier to get to. Doubtful Sound is more of a trek – you take a bus to the shores of Lake Manapouri, cross that in a boat and pick up another bus to take you to the head of the fjord, where you go on another boat. It takes all day, obviously.

    Here’s Lake Manapouri from the boat.

  10. 10.

    debbie

    December 5, 2018 at 7:00 am

    What a beautiful country!

  11. 11.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 7:05 am

    @JPL: I’m quite envious of her trip, except the jumping off perfectly good bridges and jumping from perfectly good airplanes. Yes, there is video. Next year she and her mom are off to China.

    @Gin & Tonic:

    There are two big fjords on the South Island that have regular tourist boats.

    Want to take a wild guess as to where the next set of pics will be from?

    @debbie: It’s really pretty.

  12. 12.

    rikyrah

    December 5, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Love the pictures ?

  13. 13.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 7:30 am

    @rikyrah: Happy you like them.

  14. 14.

    MomSense

    December 5, 2018 at 7:31 am

    Love these photos.

  15. 15.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 7:56 am

    @MomSense: Thanks, they turned out really well. Good location and a good photographer.

  16. 16.

    Wag

    December 5, 2018 at 8:10 am

    Spectacular peaks. I want to climb them!

  17. 17.

    HinTN

    December 5, 2018 at 8:27 am

    @Gin & Tonic: Rainbow, oooh yeah. Nice

    ETA: Fuck autocorrect. I have now twice changed oooh back from pooh. Fuck autocorrect!

  18. 18.

    HinTN

    December 5, 2018 at 8:29 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Good location and a good photographer.

    Every great author needs a good editor.

    Well done all around.

  19. 19.

    HinTN

    December 5, 2018 at 8:33 am

    @HinTN: Thrice if you count what it tried to do WHILE editing. Blech

  20. 20.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 8:36 am

    @Wag: They are impressive, but not that tall. Here’s info on the tallest one.

  21. 21.

    J R in WV

    December 5, 2018 at 8:37 am

    Oohh Rainbow! Those are hard to catch, just ask the folks looking for the gold!

    Bill, great pictures from a great place. Glad she enjoys that kind of thing!

    Plus Mueller’s work continues successfully yesterday evening and this morning!

  22. 22.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 8:40 am

    @HinTN:
    @HinTN:
    @HinTN: Autocorrect or WP will get you everytime.

    Well done all around.

    Thanks.

  23. 23.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 5, 2018 at 8:44 am

    @J R in WV: She loves traveling and seeing new things. She really wants to go to Korea with her mom, that was the plan, but her mom got laid off at Macy’s. Fuck Macy’s!

    In addition to going to China with her mom, she also wants to go to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone.

  24. 24.

    Steeplejack

    December 5, 2018 at 8:51 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Great picture!

  25. 25.

    stinger

    December 5, 2018 at 11:06 am

    Great pics of a lovely country. I like the Chasm one, too.

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