Dudes, Seriously......

This was a freaking sick day. Not only did I skip out on work the whole day but I went Heli-boarding with some peeps from work and some Japanese fellow from.....um.....Japan.



Here is a picture of the Sheep Ranch which we took the Heli from. It was so peaceful here. It is actually a B&B out in the middle of nowhere. It took about an hour to drive here from work and is kinda on the other side of the mountains I work and live on. Some of the mountain ranges that we flew to were spots were they filmed some of Lord of the Rings. They filmed all over the place down here and apparently they have some sort of tour somewhere to show you some spots like that..er something. You can tell I know a lot about it.

So the Heli took us from the farm up into the Southern Alps and dropped us off in the middle of nowhere. Or should I say the top of nowhere. Our first run they call Coast to Coast because it is close to the divide and you can see the west and east coast of new zealand standing on the top of this mountain. Absolutely breathtaking. I should have taken more photos but I was taking so much video at that time.

We got to snowboard on a glacier which was cool except we had to be careful for crevices, which I wasn't and got a stern talking to. Then after a few runs we had lunch up in the mountains as you can see in the picture below. There was a lot of different food....and lollies (candy) to eat. In the picture you can see where there was an avalanche slied within the last 2 weeks in that area, and all the brown rock on the left side is where a glacier came through and pushed its way down the mountain......that was longer than 2 weeks ago. Then we went up for a few more runs and I ate it pretty hard a couple times but since there is soft snow I just slide around until I regain conciousness.



I put together a little video of the Heli ride but because it is a couple minutes I knocked down the quality a bit. Still you can kind of enjoy it.



Oh ya, I almost forgot. When I do come back to the states, I will probably be going to jail. Hopefully customs will let me through without finding a bench warrant for my arrest. Apparently 2 weeks ago I flew back to Nebraska to get pissed drunk at Hay Days in Cozad, and got arrested for pissing in an alley while I was looking for some girl. And then flew back to New Zealand without missing any work. I was pretty impressed with myself too. My court date is sometime soon and Im pretty sure I will be missing it, hence the bench warrant. I might be seeing this man in New Zealand soon.