Cutting through the South Island via Nelson was quite the trek. After hours of inland driving we were caught off guard upon reaching the coastline, which drastically changed from mountains and farmland to the open-air Tasman Sea. How massive and endless the water felt in those first few looks; wave after wave fiercely crashing against the gray driftwood-strewn beach.
State Highway 6 stretches along the West Coast, some 435 kilometers from Wesport to Haast. Hours of driving lay ahead, but in that moment Val and I were completely mesmerized.
