Invercargill
Serious last minute adventure. Trevor wanted to go surf down on the coast near Invercargill and a few of us thought it would be a good idea to get out of Queenstown and join the adventure. We had an interesting day training, heavy rain made it brutal to focus. So when Trevor called to say he was going down, I jumped out of bed grabbed Hailey and off we went.
I love exploring the country and I like to get away for a day to clear my head when training so hard. Invercargill is interesting, its like Idaho Falls, but with some more island flare. We went straight to Colac Bay which was so windy Seth and I were bummed we didn’t have windsurfing gear with us because it probably would have been good. We ended up just jumping in the ocean and then headed into Invercargill for some Thai food and found a dive motel for the night. Hailey and I spooned to keep warm until I found the electric blanket and then had a restless night sweating with high electric currents going through me. When we woke up we headed to a local breakfast joint that was awesome, the guy made me special eggs with parsley and parmesan, potatoes and avocado. Surprisingly Invercargill had some good food. I thought I was going to have to live off the hammer bars and ginger beer I had stashed away, but we ended up finding some good food. After my cup of green tea I was finally up to Trevors speed. We headed down the coast to check out some other surf spots. The country side is rolly with lots of sheep and beautiful green grass even in the winter. We explored Porpoise bay and Curio bay and ended up surfing some fun waves in Porpoise which had dolphins and a very territorial seal that I almost got beheaded by. Seth and I both encountered him on our way out and after diving through a wave and realizing that the huge black blob was not Haffey or Seth or Trevor I started screaming. The seal ended up being pretty mellow but we definitely felt like we were in his feeding grounds and he was not to stoked. He would get so far up on the beach and wrestle some fish and then come diving under us and surf some waves for more, it was a bit scary for me since I have never been so close to such a big animal and in dark water. Our fearless videographer Hailey got most of it on film so we will have to make a video of it.
The trip was a great get a way and we had some good laughs and I always enjoy an adventure. Its good to bond away from the snow and just live a little too. I always have a chuckle when I think how often Snow and Ocean meet in my life and I love it!
