The odds of a white Christmas in New Zealand, traveling through an area of tropical rainforest, seemed fairly remote at best. We timed it so that travel was the biggest item on our itinerary for Dec. 25th since most everything was shutdown. Our destination was Fox Glacier. Along the way, we ran across Franz Joseph Glacier. The larger of the two, both strangely located at the edge of the rainforest. Our white Christmas was from a distance, as we could not get very close to the glacier without a guide, which were all off for the holiday. That would have to do. The real white stuff would come the day after Christmas.
The next day, the the three boys took a hike on Fox Glacier. It was a four hour hike, most of it through rainforest before hitting the glacier. About 90 minutes were spent on the glacier after strapping on crampons to the bottoms of the hiking boots. Justin was the only one who suffered any injuries, losing some skin on the ice after misjudging a small ice mound. Overall, it was a fantastic experience and one of the highlights of the trip.
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