West Coast

West coast
First stop the Seal Colony just outside Westport.  We were the first to get there that morning, headed up the trail and what a view from there.  Wide vast ocean in front of us with a rough coastline and seals littering the rocks below.  What big eyes you have!!!!  We stayed for awhile and noticed it getting busier so we headed back, but very fun to watch the seals.
We headed on to Punakaiki rocks and blowholes.  A hip hoppin' tourist stop for sure, we followed the path of people and saw the pancake rock formations which was very cool and one blowhole gave us a bit of a show.  The designed pathway was nice and fun to walk.  We made our way to the small tourist shop across the road where we tried on some the current possum fashions,lol.......what the heck is with this possum fashions here.  Funny though!  The shop had some beautiful art and jewellery in it though.  We moved on and headed south to Greymouth which is our other stop that day and final stop for the evening.
Once in Greymouth we remember there is a brewery tour and decide to go to the 4pm tour.  We get settled at the van and then head down to drink some brews.  Monteith's Brewery is small but we found that every kind we tried which was 6 beers, and 1 cider were good all across the board.  Even the red and darks were tasty and not too much.  After the tasters they give you a glass of you choice which by this point, things are fuzzier than walking in especially since we do not really drink much.  We bought some of the apple cider which was delicious and finished those off that evening making steak and potatoes with a game of pool.  Nice and relaxing, fun day.
In the morning we head off to the next town which is big for Jade and different stones/shell jewellery.  Hoitika, was cute we saw so much jewellery I think Ray was going to pull his hair out, we didn't decide on any and decided to have a nice lunch not one in the van.  There was a small cafe/cheese shop so we decided to eat there.  Man we were ever glad we did the lunch was amazing.  Had a roasted veg/pesto pita and pumpkin ravioli with a blue cheese sauce.  What a nice surprise, it was very very tasty.  After deciding not to stay in town we drove on and on and on till we hit Franz Josef Glacier village and stopped to stay the night.