Today we got our Campervan!! But first we had to wade through knee deep snow to get to the office. Its a jucy one which means it's purple, green and orange with a hot chick called juicy Lucy on the front, really easy to blend in like ha! We got to the rental place n it began to snow, we were going through all the important/boring stuff n the woman tells us she thinks it would be a good idea for us to also hire snow chains! We thought this through....n decided nah we can do without them...$40 think how much other cool stuff we could buy! The woman didn't look very impressed n said she thinks we would be silly not to hire them especially the route we were taking, so we ummed n ahhed n reluctantly decided to take them, little did we know what a good idea it would turn out to be! After driving for an hour or so the snow was getting thicker n heavier, and we were in the middle of nowhere. As we drove through a load of open fields and up a hill our bacon wagon (as it was later lovingly named) got stuck!! Oh no...literally stuck on snow n ice in a hill with a campervan! Ben was as cool as a cucumber n i started freaking out i was convinced we would die on the mountain! We were stranded in the middle of nowhere,with no one or nothing around for miles! So here's where the heroic snow chains come in...oh yeah but we forgot one thing...we didn't know how to put them on!! After me being knee deep n Ben lying in the snow in just a tee shirt we had them on in some fashion n we decided to go for it,1..2..3.... The car wouldn't move n inch it was really stuck! We looked around and laughed Haha what else could we do! Next minute we heard a noise and in the distance we could see a tractor coming this way! Woohoo! After the famer struggling also with the snow chains, he digs us out with his tractor! We said thanks and waved as we drove off into the deepest snow we have ever saw! We had to carry on as we were in the middle of nowhere n we thought it was pointless going back so we went for it. We drove down another road where we followed another campervan for a few miles until he turned around thinking it was too dangerous...but we cracked on! After driving about 20mins we had the nightmare of trying to get the snow chains back off which meant more lying in the snow! After getting them off we drove for about 10mins when the car drifted nearly off a cliff n we missed crashing into a bollard by inches! It was too close for me n i started freaking out Haha! We drove further down the road when a huge tree had fell blocking the road so we decided thee bacon wagon would probably drive over it if we reversed and hit it at top speed. Luckily it did. We carried on further n got stuck in the snow once again, 2 metres away from us some fella had rolled his car into a ditch n was getting winched out by some helpful locals! Snow chains back on then...lying in the snow...fingers frozen brrrr! After talking to the locals they told us that this road had actually been closed as it was that dangerous but the snow must have covered the sign. They said they had never seen anything like this, i was Sooo cold i thought my fingers would fall off, and this woman felt sorry for us n give me a hug n told us if we get stuck we are welcome to stop over at her place! They were lovely but we wanted to get out of this weather before it got worse, the locals helped us out of the snow n literally escorted us to near a main road as they had land rovers to help us out if needed, they all told us to be careful as they couldn't believe we'd made it this far in a campervan. We thanked them for being so kind!
After all the madness we eventually reached a motorway where it was a bit clearer, we were soaked..tired n cold n we still had a 3hr drive to do...!
We finally reached Kaikoura and got our tea! Just as luck would have it, turns out this towns electric had been turned off because of the weather n everything was shutting at 7:30pm it was now 7 grrr! We went to a chippy where we got a well deserved fish n chips with a half price pie n 2 free sausage rolls, yes i know it sounds loads and it was, but after the day we'd had we deserved it Haha! After stuffing ourselves till we felt sick the lecky went off n we watched a movie n slept on the street in our campervan! What a crazy day!!
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