Jim has a big smile getting set for his three day hike

Roz and Laura accompanied him for the first hour

Here are some times. We went to Dock Bay

Other hikers with tinsel on their packs. It was Christmas Eve day.

The trail and ferns

Dock Bay

Lunch

Jim forges ahead as we turn back

Lake Te Anau

This is the territory Jim is hiking through as Laura and Roz boat tot the glow worm caves

Roz coming out of the caves