to the south

To the South Island...
We stayed in Wellington 2 days one as noted befor was pretty much rained out sitting in the van, rained for over 24 hours straight, ridiculous!
We showered the night before and must have been excited to see the South Island cause we both did not sleep very well at all.  We got up at 6:30, ate, got van ready and we were off to the Blueridge Ferry leaving Wellington at 8 am.  We waited in cue and rolled on to the big boat and off we went, tired and foggy headed.  The boat was ok, we decided to sit inside and Ray read while I tried to play some bejewled, but the tired and not good sleep, plus I had been feeling a headache all week led to some motion sickness.  So I suffered the chilly air and found a semi-warm bench and watched the horizon.  It warmed up a bit and soon we were in Picton, the inlets were beautiful, the water bright green and lots of pretty hills and rocks.
We drove out right away and headed to Nelson, what a cute town, and huge sandbar.  Reminded me of White Rock, BC with Sylvan Lake, AB facilities and feel.   The ocean there was nice you can tell this area is a resort, vacation spot for sure.  We tried another market in the morning downtown and hit another failed dirty gypsey garage sale dump.   So we left......and drove on South to Richmond and stopped at a winery/olive estate for some tasting.  This was Ray's very first wine tasting and I think he liked it, maybe the food more but it was good and neat to do.
We drove on and stopped at the suspension bridge, which was not what I expected from one's I have seen in Canada.  UHHH....little shoddy construction and very small.  Ray made a comment that he did not trust it which I was glad he told me after we had finsihed it since I am paranoid about these things.  We drove and drove, turn after turn... until we hit Westport and stopped we were tired and hungry by this point.  We left Westport right away, not a very fun looking town, and our van site felt more like a dirty gypsey site so we did not want to stay any longer.