Jee-suss, the rain last night was insane. that would have been like a year's worth of rain for SF. I am stoked I hiked out of Copeland Valley as there's no way that trail could have survived last night's storm.
btw, as an indication that the weather has, indeed, been crazy, there have been all sorts of record floodings on the So. Island, resulting in lots of bridges being taken out. I would be scared to be stuck back there, unable to cross a river. The topography is so extreme, and the vegetation so thick, that I don't think you could trailblaze out. you'd be solidly stuck.
anyways, I'm always meeting random people, and last night this huge group of college students from Union College (NY) were staying at this caravan place I'm at. first off, they looked like kids. So young. Second, I felt an odd, nationalistic pride in hanging with them. Unlike the meek and reserved Eurotrash around here, they were gregarious and talkative. They also didn't look as wimpy as all the Euros. they looked like they could kick some Euro ass, actually. but they were good kids; totally polite and respectful.
Because we were in the middle of a huge storm, I thought to myself that these are the kinds of people I'd want to be with if there was some kind of emergency. Those Germans...they seem more out-for-self. Maybe it's the language gap, I don't know. Or maybe I've just been over-exposed to uptight Germans. They are a dime-a-dozen down here.
Last night, I determined that the vast majority of drivers in Fox Glacier are trained in driving on the right side...you see people correcting all the time....
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