July 9

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  On the morning of the9th we past another ostrich farm (it's amazing how popular they are around here!) and headed up to Mt. Ruapehu, the biggest of 3 volanos in the national park. there was a really cool ski lift and that was a lot of fun just riding around.   Then we took a hike up to Taranaki falls, a 2 hour 6 km hike. pant pant pant. but there was this really cool waterfall.

	Mvc-001f Tongariro National Park  Joanna at the top of the Taranaki Falls.      Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-006f Ostrich Farm, Wanganui       Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-007f Ostrich Farm, Wanganui       Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-008f Ski Lift  Joanna and Janne ride the ski lift up Mt. Ruapehu.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-009f Snow fields on Mr. Ruapehu  Angela and Joanna in front of the snow.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-010f Snow fields on Mr. Ruapehu  Angela and Joanna in front of the snow.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-011f View from Mt. Ruapehu  Angela and Joanna at ski lift lunch area.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-012f Ski Fields, Mt. Ruapehu       Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-013f Ski Fields, Mt. Ruapehu  Joanna in the foreground.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-014f Chair lift going down, Mt. Ruapehu  Angela on the chair lift     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-015f Mt. Ngauruhoe  Joanna stands in the foreground to this cylindrical cone.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-016f Walkway to Taranaki Falls  Angela is on the walkway.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-017f Walkway to Taranaki Falls  Joanna and Janne along the walkway.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-018f Taranaki Falls Walkway  Joanna showing the size of some of the steps along the way.   Photograph taken on: 7/9/00
	Mvc-019f Taranaki Falls  Joanna, Janne and Angela in front of the falls.  AFS from the US repel down the falls in the background.     Photograph taken on: 7/9/00