Aoraki / Mount Cook is New Zealand’s tallest mountain at 12,218 feet. When we arrived at the Mount Cook Village last night, clouds obscured all of the mountains. This morning, I chose to hike the Hooker Valley Track while Jeanine opted to relax with a book at the Hermitage Hotel since the skies were heavily overcast and threatening rain. I really enjoyed the 6.8 mile hike out to Hooker Lake even though it remained cloudy all morning. Fortunately, I did get a 5 minute window where the clouds opened up in front of Mount Cook. The same thing happened again when we were driving out of the park.