Making the Best of a Snowy Situation

After spending months planning a weekend getaway for the (not so) Official Cashmere 4WD Club and after countless emails of organization and coordination, our best efforts for an August getaway were foiled by snow. Way too much snow!

Yes, it was winter, so perhaps we could have seen this coming. But it’s New Zealand, so there also could have been any of the other three seasons of weather in August, including the perfect sunny weekend we had all been hoping for. 

So, as most Cantabrians, including some of our 4WD crew (traitors!) gleefully headed west for some skiing, the committed members of the club headed