Woke up at 930 hoping the hotel we were in had a room available for the next night and we didn't need to pack up and be checked out by 10... no luck. Sold out. It amazes me how all these hotels have no vacancy.... and the ones that do are 200-400$ a night. Anyway while still with wifi I worked some magic and found a lakeview room nearby for 150$usa. Check in starts at 2pm. So we quickly packed our things and loaded into the car and dropped off the key at 1002. With 4 hours to spend inside our car, we drove an hour up to glenarchy, grabbed a cup of coffee from the general store and went down to the lake. It was pretty. Next stop, the ski village at the remarkables. Time 130. Got about 6km up the winding roads before we were stopped for construction. For out of the car and hiked up a small hill for a fantastic view of downtown and airport. Took a couple snaps and then decided to turn back around. Per the book and construction guy the views don't get any better the higher up we go. Stopped at a grocery store for some beverages on our way to the hotel, checked in and marveled at the view we got. Had a few drinks on our private balcony, took a nap, and then headed out for dinner about 7pm. Walked the wharf found a ranch grill with 15$ entrees including a green curry chicken. Ordered a couple pints and a calamari and then the curry. It was super good. Having split the entree we were looking for something else to split, decided on a single hell pizza and picked up a couple walking pints before the stores closed and are our pizza on the sand of the lake. After that we retreated to our lake view hotel room, tomorrow: early wake up to get to Omarama 2hours away so matt can do his glider flight.
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