I made a plan to drive my van around The South Island. I wanted to check out the mountains, glaciers and other amazing scenery that The South Island is famous for. But the day I left home I checked the reports for a spot that I’d never been to before and my uneducated guess was that it would be pumping in the morning. So I drove for 27 hours and arrived at dawn. I ended up spending my whole trip scouring the coastline of the deep south. I guess the mountains will have to wait for next time.