Greymouth

Greetings! Well today Beth and I left Franz Joseph Glacier and made the trek to Greymouth, a seaside town on the west coast. We stopped south of the town for awhile to walk along the beach and hunt for New Zealand jade that washes up on the beach at the mouth of the river, and we found tons! We then got an ice cream and kept heading north. We checked in early to our hotel and then drove north to Paparoa National Park to see the beautiful pancake rocks! The rocks were formed by a weathering process called stylobedding, with layering of limestone and mudstone that looks like stacks of pancakes! They were amazing! And at high tides there are formations called blowholes where the surf comes in so quickly that it hits the rock and is shot out the top through small holes! Incredible! Well that’s all for now!