So I didn’t quite manage it in time for Christmas but had finally time on Boxing Day! Part 1 can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/gonewildstories/comments/a8pxrv/roadtrip_of_a_lifetime_mf/).
**Story:**
As I drove down the slope towards the beach, a problem presented itself. Other cars were parked there. I let out a frustrated sigh once I saw people on the beach. Erin bit her lip.
“Well that didn’t go as planned.”
“A swim it is then”, I said.
I parked the car and we got out to grab the necessities, swimming trunks, towels and the like and most importantly, sunscreen. For those of you who don’t know, New Zealand has much the same problem as Australia when it comes to the hole in the ozone layer and despite it not being summer then she could still easily burn your skin off.
The beach itself was pretty nice. It was a small bay, flanked by two cliffsides with a few rocks strewn around. Aside from us there were two other groups, one that looked like a family with some smaller kids and one that I assumed were backpackers like us. We picked a spot at the margins and got changed. I’ve had lots of practice changing inside a towel and was already done when Erin had just changed into her bikini bottoms and still wore her top.