Broken River had me going a bit crazy, so I headed down the mountain for a couple of days off. Normally, I don't mind being stranded on a ski hill, provided that there's some skiing. At first, the season started out promising. As I was driving up to work two weeks ago, snowflakes saturated the air. Unfortunately, the following week, 90mils of rain completely destroyed the base, and since we don't make snow, we had to close the mountain. It's a bit of a challenge to teach people to ski on grass, so as a result, I've got four days off this week. I decided to take a break from the mountain and head to Wanaka because the ski fields there are open. Like I've said before, I really enjoy driving along the quiet, winding
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