Mt Ngauruhoe, AKA: Mount Doom

Somewhere up in those clouds is Mount Doom.  It seems appropriate that we couldn’t see it due to cloudy weather.  We stopped at a pul-off for lunch in the hope that we’d see the clouds lift.  It never did.

This road was pretty epic to drive.

Heading down from the high mountain plain, we went through rolling farm country.

And even saw a rainbow!