Our first day was a bit brutal... but we were all filled with excitement and optimism for the adventure ahead - so we pulled it off. Everyone was up at at 5:15am and we were on the road by 6:00am. We had a six hour drive to Wellington and caught the 1:30pm Bluebridge ferry to Picton. Everyone loves the ferry... they have a fun self guided "treasure hunt" on the boat. If you collect all the clues and solve the riddle you get a piece of treasure (a chocolate golden coin). Fun. Around 3:00 pm we floated past Erie Bay. It was fun to see the
isolated little house we stayed in for Christmas last year. We landed in Picton at 5:45 and drove four more hours to
Punakaiki. The sun was setting as we drove out of town - past a swampy
lake that was filled with tree branches, the mountains were in the
background... it was breathtaking. I didn't get a photo, but Ben did a
beautiful water color pencil sketch of it the next day. We arrived at the house close to 10:00 pm - it was dark but we could
hear the ocean crashing along the beach... we knew it was close. We got
unpacked, tucked the kids into bed and fell asleep.
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| on the Bluebridge ferry |
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| view from the ferry |
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| sunset |
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