Christchurch (Day Hikes)

Some of you may be wondering what happened to me. It’s been a while since my last post and it’s past time for an update. After doing a bit of hiking on the North Island I lost the itch to hike and came down to Christchurch to rest and make plans for what’s next.

I’ve been spending my days doing a lot of studying and reading and putting time into my hobbies. I go for a run 3 or 4 times a week including the weekly 5km Parkrun held at 8 o’clock on Saturday mornings with about 200 other runners from the area.

Every week or so I go for a day hike in the areas surrounding Christchurch. I still want to get up to Arthur’s Pass again and do a two day hike up the Deception River to Goat Pass and down the Mingha Track. Maybe next week, weather permitting. They’ve been having gale force winds up there and I’ve postponed this hike once already.

Just recently I applied to an online computer science degree program. I have not yet receive notice of admittance, but I expect to start courses in this program the first week of April. This seems like a good fit for me as a second career choice, as I’ve enjoyed programming since I was in high school (yes they did have personal computers back then . . . barely).

So I’ve decided what I’m doing for the next couple of years. Now I just need to decide where to live. Since the courses can all be taken online, I can take them from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. So still a little more thinking to do, too many great possibilities!

I hope you all are doing well. Let me know what you’ve been up to.

Below are photos from a few of the day hikes I’ve recently taken.