Thursday, 23 Feb.  Long, intermittent drive.  A lot of construction stops.  I do mean a lot!!  Most are just spot repairs, but they also were doing tree removals and lawn cutting.  The road had a lot of big trucks too, going from the ferry port to Christchurch and back.  The road wasn’t meant for trucks so big.  BTW, virtually all roads have only two lanes.

Drove past a sad motorcycle scene.  A biker within a group had apparently lost control and gone off the road.  I was just minutes away.  While I was stopped, someone put a blanket over the rider.  I read in the news report that he died at the scene.  There was no clear reason for the accident, though there were periods of significant fog in the area.  From what I gather the riders were part of a defunct church group.  Warriors of Zion.

Got back to Christchurch, had KFC for lunch, put my rented GPS and cell phone in the mail, and organized my packing for Fiji.  Not a busy day. One picture.