In the morning, I managed one more quick spa bath and after morning tea and coffee and a granola bar for me, we checked out of the hotel. Thus far, this hotel has had the latest check out policy of any New Zealand place we’ve stayed at 11:00. Most places have you check out by 10 which, if you ask me, is just too early.
We drove to Te Anau and along the way I saw something I’ve been waiting to see for a long time: sheep being driven down the road to the next pasture…Too cool! While on the drive, the sharp jagged mountains rounded out a bit and we entered a new landscape. 
When we reached Te Anau, we checked in at the Anchorage Motel where, to Josh’s utter delight, they play in house movies on request (which somehow must be a copyright infringement but who cares?!? Free movies!). Even though we are scheduled to present at the Te Anau Rotary Club tonight, Josh requested a Harry Potter film to play after Lion King ended. We were able to watch most of Harry Potter before heading out for the night. I had another bath in the double spa tub which was nice. 
I also called the Doubtful Sound cruise company we were scheduled to travel on the next day to confirm that we wanted to be picked up at our hotel anywhere between 8:45 and 9:00. The lady at check in had told us that we were getting a good deal on the Doubtful Sound cruise because it was winter. It was about $100 less per person.
The Te Anau Rotary Club meets in the banquet room of a hotel located on the lake front. We had dinner and gave our presentation. They were a big group of 45 or so which made Calling the Hogs fun. President Mike invited us to view his lobster company before we leave town. He works at catching and selling rock lobster to the Chinese market. Our next two days are booked but we said we’d call him the day we drive out of town. We are also seated by Chris Hughes who is a deer farmer.
Unbeknownst to Josh and myself, deer farming is really popular on the South Island. Although it’s a new farm animal introduced in the last 30 years or so, there are 2 million deer being in farmed in New Zealand. And that makes sense too seeing as Josh and I had been spotting several deer farms along the roads down here.
After eating dinner which was buffet style (soup and dessert were brought out separately) we delivered our presentation. When our presentation was over, we were presented with a book on the Fiordland in appreciation from the club. Nice!
Josh and I returned to the hotel after first going to Subway to buy a foot long sandwich to split during our all day trip tomorrow to Doubtful Sound. We got a breakfast coupon and also a Subway card. We returned to the hotel to watch some movies before going to sleep.
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