Glaciers and puzzles oh my

We headed on down and hit the Glacier area of New Zealand.  They have two the Franz Josef and the Fox Glaciers.  We got in sort of late so we decided to make the pitstop here.  We stayed at a really nice looking van site called the Rainforest Holiday Park.  They really made it look like a rainforest everywhere, great theme.  It had grown a bit chillier now that we have gone higher into the mountains so more clothing was essential to put on.  Once settled in we skyped a few family members and ate some dinner and just felt really tired from all the driving.
When we woke the sky was clear which it wasn't when we arrived the day befor so it was going to be a nice day for a hike.  We drove to the Franz Josef Glacier parking lot and made our way down a short path to Peter's pool which was a reflection pool of the moutain ahead of us.  After some pics we walked down another path to the Franz Josef Glacier walk which starts as a forest walk into a vast open area where the glacier was a long time ago, then a lake now just rock and stone.  We took the path across and walked to the edge of the glacier as close as we could without a guide.  Which we thought of doing but we have spent alot of money here and we can see a glacier up close at home.
We drove through to a small town and stopped for some coffee for Ray and a hot chocolate for me, sat next to a nice roaring fire and kept moving on.  We drove quite a bit this day, and ended up in Wanaka, another lake resort type area, known for skiing and mountain activities.  So much like Banff but not really.  It is really nice here, the lakes around here are gorgeous and there is alot to do.  The weather has been incredible here too, no rain, we even rented a kayak today for an hour.  Forgot how much work it is for a full hour of paddling.
Earlier in the day we went to Puzzling World. We spent about an hour in a huge maze 2 levels tall, good old rule of left, we made it through and found all the 4 color toweres you were supposed to find. Headed on into the store to check out the cool books, games, puzzles, and posters. Going into the illusion area they had a bunch of those 3D hologram pictures hung up , the ones they sell at Spencers and there is a store in West Ed that sells them. They also had a illusion room where it almost looked square but one door was full hight and the other was quite small, kinda lame. The last room we went in was built on an angle, the gravety felt about 10 times more than normal becouse of all the illusions, everything was built level in the room but the room was tilted, very cool but you got a headach if you hung out in there to long as it throws your equalibrium out of wack.