We get up, have breakfast in our room and walk down to the bus stop with all our baggage. It is a nice day with beautiful scenery around the roadway between the mountains and the sea. The beaches in this area are all grey river rock, not sand. As we drive toward Picton, the landscape has changed from the lush green hills a few months ago to a brilliant summer gold color. We drive into the Awatere Valley where the Marlborough wine country begins and past several vineyards before we reach Picton. We are dropped off at the ferry terminal, check our bags and board the ferry for Wellington. I am glad we have nice weather because we are aware that the four-hour ferry crossing can be miserable if the sea swells are high. We have
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