Hey today I thought I'd do something really different and maybe perhaps even amusing (gasp! Charles? amusing? no way!!) and put up some photos of the Mt Ruapehu trip, we went to the Turoa slopes and had a whole lot of fun! I'll be putting these up as a set of pictures that tell a story, so I'll apologise for the millions and millions of photos that are going up (they shlda never let me know about posting photos *grin*).. I call it "Retards Of Ruapehu: On Ice" and am currently in negotiation with Peter Jackson to make it as a sequel to LoTR. Enjoy!!



Somewhere in a faraway and mysterious land called the Shire, New Zealand...

[There were three hobbitses looking for my p-p-p-precious] Golum, u're supposed to be dead! Remember, falling into Mt Doom and all? [Oh true, *evaporates into thin air*] Uhm.. anyways.. these hobbits were called Chris, Sam and Amos. And they embarked on a great quest to find and successfully ski/snowboard Mt Mood (spell that one backwards)!







They perused the parchment trusted upon them by their wise friend that would direct them upon their treacherous journey (notice how the map is upside down... there's a twist). That wise friend was called...








The Yellow Retarded Wizard, the Great Gancharles!! (And ohhh boy do I look retarded in that photo...)








And so... after boosting a Van from the mean streets of Mangere.. I mean, procuring a mechanised chariot from Lady OhImSoPretty, they began their journey, not knowing what lay ahead. There were many days of singing hobbit folksongs like Bohemian Rhapsody, and I Would Walk 500 Miles, not to mention the anthem All I Want For Christmas is My Hairy-Foot Shaver®. And all was well until..







They fought and killed the dreaded sea monster (a giant sea cucumber by the looks of it!) of the Lake of Holeinone...








After which they proceeded to have a quick game of golf!








But ever focused on their journey, they then trudgingly kept on their exhausting and dangerous journey (hey! haven't we seen that photo before?)







When they finally got there, they were disappointed by what they saw, Mt Doom was not all they had hoped it would but. But ever persistant, with the hopes of all OCF'ers on their shoulders, they continued their quest to conquer the dangerous mountains.. with much limited success..







After discovering that it did matter which side you read a map from, they then reoriented themselves towards the mountains. (*YAWN* same photo again....)








They passed the Forrests of Fartgorn (sorry just couldn't resist)....








And when they were just about at the end of their spirits (not alcohol, doh, pun!), they sighted far off in the distance a long white cloud which eventually turned out to be a mountain, they had finally reached the feet of the domineering Mt Mood! Woo!

Ok well that was Chapter One.. I'll continue it on sometime if I ever feel inspired again, and knowing how often I blog these days, it won't be too long :) Stay tuned! Because next episode we get to the action scenes, and of special mention is the foreign impressive army of Saucer numbering in the thousands called sheepzors or something like that.. You can see a sneak preview in this photo!







But here's a less retarded photo of me (phew) and I was near the summit, never got there because of bad weather. But it was still pretty high up!