A Rainy Start

The forecast predicted 'rain'. And it was bang on.

Luckily, we'd packed most of the bus the day before. Bernie had a few last minute jobs to do (in the rain) and then we were good to go.

The weather wasn't about to dampen our spirits, even the dogs were fizzing. The photo below is Boo waiting patiently for us to get going.

Bernie drove the bus to Blenheim and I followed behind in the car (with our fur-babies).

Crossing the Pelorus Bridge. Not a clear photo as I took it on my phone with the rain pelting against the windscreen.

We parked beside the Wairau River at 'Damfam Vineyards'. Although it was raining and had been all day, the ground was hard enough to drive over. Winston (the owner of Damfam), said no-one had ever got stuck before. 

View from the bed.

Bernie was hoping to walk around to find a quiet place to park the bus, somewhere he will be able to sleep during the day when he's on nightshift. However, the rain was relentless so he decided to save his search for a sunny day. But, as you can see, there're loads of places available. 

I just know Bernie's going to love staying beside this river - it's popular for whitebaiting.

After we locked the bus, we drove my car back to Nelson. Tomorrow, Bernie will take his ute over, so he has a vehicle to go to work in. I'll follow him and spend a few days hanging out, but have to be back in Nelson after the weekend as I have work the following week. 

Can you guess the first thing that Bernie put in the ute when we got home???? If you guessed white-baiting net etc- you're absolutely right!  Hopefully patties will be on the menu for the next few weeks!