{"id":2720,"date":"2019-12-10T06:41:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T11:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:44:35","slug":"lake-marian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/lake-marian\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Marian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the torrential rains and winds we experienced the day before, we were blessed with another beautiful day as we left Milford Sound. Packing up and saying goodbye to the area, we headed out, stopping for one final look at the tunnel separating what felt like serenity from the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_2228-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Shortly afterward, we arrived at the trailhead parking area and got geared up.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading out, we see, surprise, a bridge and stream crossing! As we&#8217;d been coming to expect, it was well maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3158-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3160-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3166-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The lake itself was stunning &#8211; a bit of a shame one couldn&#8217;t walk around it &#8211; but then, we can enjoy what we do have!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_3171-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the torrential rains and winds we experienced the day before, we were blessed with another beautiful day as we left Milford Sound. Packing up and saying goodbye to the area, we headed out, stopping for one final look at the tunnel separating what felt like serenity from the rest of the world. Shortly afterward, we arrived at the trailhead parking area and got geared up. Heading out, we see, surprise, a bridge and stream crossing! As we&#8217;d been coming<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/lake-marian\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"category-hiking.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4822,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions\/4822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterdittman.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}