January 4, 2011 - Waiau Pass Route
January 4th 2011 December 28-30: Getting there
Our New Zealand adventure began with a road trip to LA to start our travels. We picked up the rental car after several small setbacks, said our goodbyes, and finally left Denver at 8:30pm. We had 18 hours of driving ahead of us and we planned to drive through the night to arrive at LAX for our 9:40pm flight the next night.
The drive was uneventful until
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