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Well it was a very good decision to book into a motel and stock up with supplies today, since the weather turned horrific the next day. We took advantage tonight and went out for Mexican food!There was high winds and with torrential down pours. We did not even leave our room for 36 hours. The rain did finally stop and we did a walk to the historic old town.
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You ride almost all the way back to the main road and there is a cut off for the Skippers Canyon road where the sign says “ Caution back country road, conditions vary, and vehicle damage possible.”
Screen Shot 2018-02-27 at 22.45.41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0696 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0697 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
w4WD-Skippers-Canyon-road-Start by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
This is the New Zealand road where rental car insurance is not honored, Skippers Road’s 16.5 km is mostly one-way, narrow and steep with sheer drops of several hundred metres.
NZ South Isand-90 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-91 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The surface is good gravel for most of the way the last 5 km is dirt and would be challenging after wet weather. The first 5 km the road is steep and narrow and we were happy to only run into 1 vehicle. We were lucky the rest of the way as we did encounter 2 others, but never is a one lane section.
NZ South Isand-78 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0736 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0766 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0777 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The road ends at the cemetery about 2 km past the bridge.
NZ South Isand-86 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0814 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-82 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-84 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-85 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-83 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
On the way out we did have to wait as we saw a truck coming down a long winding 1 lane section. The mid section of the road runs along the river. 2 km from the end is the Skipper’s bridge. The road ends at a car park where you can access back country hikes and there is a historic cemetery. All in all we had 3 days to catch up on email and blog, photos, and uploading, as well as read and relax. We also did a bit of maintenance and cleaned and polished the boots and seats, washed the suits, and repainted some of the rusty metal on the light protectors and mounts for the accessory lights.
NZ South Isand-89 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-88 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
NZ South Isand-81 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Skippers Canyon Video!!!
https://youtu.be/cqc-1zApZl0
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