 | My blog about visiting Hobbiton was so popular that I thought I would continue with my Middle Earth adventure tales. Chapter 2 is climbing Mount Doom in the footsteps of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee. Here on the left is Mt Ngauruhoe which is an active volcano. I guess it was lucky for us that it wasn't spewing forth fire and brimstone when we chose to visit with the halflings. In this national park area there are many famous alpine treks. We went on the Tongariro Alpine trek. Well, maybe we didn't get the whole 8 hour walk in with our young halflings, but we had a good time anyway. |
| There are three mountains in this area and the highest is Mt Ruapehu. This mountain was used in many of the scenes for Mordor, Emyn Muil and the slopes of Mt Doom. There are many awesome rock formations here. When we visited of course, it was |  |
covered in ice and snow and looked more like the High Pass of Caradhras where Saruman causes an avalanche to fall upon the fellowship.
 | Check out this wicked frozen lake we found on our alpine trek. Our Beaumont clan lives in subtropical Australia, therefore anything remotely cold is foreign to us, so we loved every minute of it. |
| Of course no ski trip would be complete without a bottle of Frogmorton ginger beer from the Southfarthing. This is one we picked up at Hobbiton. I reckon we'll be needing a few barrels of this shipped home to Oz. (¯`v´¯) `*.¸.*´ ¸.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´(¸.•´.•´ •¨¯`•.•:*¨¨*:•..•:*¨¨*:•..•:*¨¨*:•..•... ┊ ┊ ☆ ┊ ★ ☆ Just a couple more happy snaps below of me falling over, oops, I mean skiing, and the view from our digs at National Park Village where a giant Kiwi is on the prowl. By the way, make sure you check out the Schnapps Bar while you're there. |  |
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