Rob Roy

Rob Roy Glacier turned out to be one of our favorite tramps of the whole trip. Despite our best intentions, we didn't get an early start. We started driving to Mt. Aspiring National Park at around 11 o'clock in the morning. But the day was beautiful and the drive was through pastures and snow capped mountains. We even had to ford several streams enroute to our starting point. I'm impressed the Subaru was able to hold up. The first stream we encountered, I made Amy get out and make sure the car wasn't going to be carried away. She informed me the 4 inches of water were not going to do anything! I couldn't tell how deep it was from the driver's seat! We had to cross 8 small streams before we got to our destination. With each one I was wishing we had rented a 4 wheel drive. The tramp was absolutely stunning. It took us a good three hours to reach Rob Roy Glacier. We ate our lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and watched as occasional slabs of ice would crumble down the mountain, causing waterfalls of crushed ice.