After a day in Queenstown, that involved airplanes and bungy jumping, we were off for a long day of driving, but not before a good breakfast. (Thanks Liz!) From Queenstown we were headed north to a family business called Barker’s of Geraldine (
http://www.barkers.co.nz/) that made basically every type of jam and jelly that you can think of…blackberry, apricot, and black currant just to name a few. They also produced concentrated juice mix and wine. It was the wine that they first made and sold, then they branched out into the jams and drink mixes. Most of their products are sold to big distributors in food service. A smaller amount is sold at their retail store in Geraldine and through local New Zealand grocery stores. Along the way to Barker’s, we stoped at Lake Tekapo…the bluest lake that I have ever seen. It is so blue because of the snow melt from Mt. Cook. Mt. Cook is New Zealand’s highest Mountain.
Mount Cook
Church of the Good Shepard & The PA Apple Queen
Farmers' tribute to all the hard working dogs of the high country & our own Lindsey Kammerer
When we were finished at Barkers we had to drive for about 30 minutes to get to the Rangitata Rafting lodge (http://www.rafts.co.nz/). The lodge was way in the backwoods of New Zealand where pretty much all we saw on the way in were hundreds of sheep and deer. Once at the lodge, our host Tussock, treated us to a New Zealand BBQ of sausage that was really an acquired taste. So with full stomachs we were off to bed to be ready to go rafting in the morning.
Rangitata Rafts River Lodge
Wes Boyer
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