Skyline gondola and luge rides. Buffet lunch at Cableway Restaurant. Afternoon free time . Light BBQ dinner at 7pm at Rainbow Springs Nature Park

Here's the view halfway up the mountain...

Here's what the view looked like from the top of the mountain...

All the kids (young and old) enjoyed the luge rides so much that they were all looking for extra luge tickets.

As the sign says, it's the world's first luge site (photo courtesy of Zelda):

We had some time to do a little shopping to find souvenirs to take home, such as this little kiwi bird which found its way to Kelsey's head:

Below you'll see the face of a real kiwi bird. This one was at Rainbow Springs Nature Park, a beautiful nature reserve where they are nurturing kiwi birds in specially built aviaries, trout in stunningly designed streams, and assorted wildlife. We took an evening guided tour around the park. The place was lit with multi-colored lights that danced on the waters in the streams and accented the wonderful and soothing sound of waterfalls and flowing streams.

Rick insisted on having me post the following photo -- because it seems to be nearly the only "Rick and Cathy" photo from the trip! I think his hair looks better than mine in this photo. :)