Feb. 28th 2009

It's still raining.. We go drop off our rental at the airport and call in a reservation for the ferry to take us to the south island. The ferry was 220NZ for us two and the new ride. I guess it could have been
allot more money for they are the only service in this country that transports cars from one island to the other. The ferry leaves at 6:30pm. This gives us some time to do some repairs on the new car.
We cant decide what to call our new ride. I think Frank is a good name, for no particular reason. We fix a broken head light and the locks on the front door. I feel like McGiver.

We boarded the small Cruise line for a three hour trip from the Wellington to Picton. As we are making our way up to the lounge area I start a conversation with a guy who has a Clemson tigers football shirt on.
He was in New Zealand with his wife for their honeymoon. They were great people. We sat and visited the whole trip with them while partaking in tasting about every white wine that the South Island has to offer.
It was a good training course for the vineyards to come. We got in late and we stayed in Kaikoura. No hotels rooms available all along the coast.