Day Fifteen - Te anau to Milford sound

After a bad night's sleep I got up grumpy and tired. I don't know if it was apprehension for the last big climb or sadness for the last day of this epic adventure or jealousy after seeing Amanda snuggled up in lovely big comfy bed last night which led to the bad night.
We gor out on the road for 6am, lights on and headed fornthe highway. Amanda sped off with James close behind and I struggled at the back to get the legs going and keep my eyes open.
It took me a while to waken up and snap out of my grumpiness, around 9am, we already ridden for 3 hrs clocking up 45kms. The skies were clearing and we started to climb up the valley following the Ellington river.
Reaching a plateau with Lake Gunn reflecting the mountain vistas.
Before a short downhill and the last 14km climb up to the tunnel and down into milford.
It was a long slog the last green section being the Homer Tunnel.
As we reached the tunnel they announced on loud speaker that they'd hold the cars at the other end so we had the tunnel.to ourselves. 1km or downhill through the tunnel emerging to tackle the last 300m climb only to find the elevation wad wrong. There was only down and what an amazing downhill it was. 20km of sweeping downhill, along the crystal clear river, over bridges and on to the shores of milford sound and the stunning sight ot mistress peak.
We had a quick swim in the sea to complete our epic adventure.

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