Yes, we spent 3 nights & 2 full days at the Penthouse Yacht Club. Saturday was a vacation from the hustle of travelling. Liz & Helen took to the pool; then Liz braved the ocean; achieving recognition as the only person to swim the waters surrounding the South Island! Tom & I found the perfect spot for a cappuccino & a long black coffee. It was a beautiful day; blue skies, warm sun, coastal mountains and a harbour of boats. It was suggested we tour Queen Charlotte Sound to Shakespeare Bay; silly we did it! It was a 22K drive along the coast over the mountains. An hour after we began we still had 14K to go! It was the worst road we had driven on since arriving in NZ. The scenery reminded us of beautiful British Columbia; except for the road conditions!
At the first ‘safe’ opportunity, Tom turned around and we headed back to Picton to park the car! We did stop at a few ‘scenic’ lookouts so I could take a few pictures but that was it. Monday morning we dropped the red Holden Commodore Sports wagon back to AVIS at the Ferry Terminal. Tom was happy to drop the keys off for that car having clocked nearly 3,000K of memorable South Island driving! We saw a lot since January 24th when we flew into Queenstown but there was so much more we didn’t have time to see. I compare it to a Chinese Dim Sum whereby you try a few tasty dishes and the flavours are so good you wish you had time to enjoy the Chinese Buffet!
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