That time Donna and I had to drive somewhere quickly and then took an hour and a half detour to look at a sign.
So Donna and I were in Hastings the last couple of weeks to make some money picking fruit. With all the rain there wasn't much work. But there was the Dixie Chicks. So instead of saving money we spent all our money going to see them. Priorities.
The Chicks were flawless. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.
But back to the story. The reason there hadn't been much fruit picking was because we had the tail of Cyclone Debbie from Australia lashing over Aotearoa. We weren't much affected in Hastings, certainly not compared to other parts of the country, but we did get rain. Rain is enough to call off fruit picking. So after Debbie subsided we got a few days work, picking grapes and kiwi fruits, but then we heard Cyclone Cook was going to arrive. Definitely no fruit picking then.
Therefore Donna and I decided to head South before the Cyclone hit so we could get to Wellington. From here I'm planning to get to the South Island. So I was worried there may be roads cut off. Even if there was no cyclone I was keen to get down to Wellington before Easter Weekend traffic picks up.
