Almost up the Coast

So we have made it to Westport on the bikes and all is well.  Our bikes have had some casualties but not too bad.  I broke two spokes and still rode about 80 km on the wheel before getting to a bike shop.  Lucas has broken two spokes and had to get his wheel trued twice.  Brice has had the golden bike until his front tire decided to have an alien baby and needed to be replaced.  It was weird.  We have discovered that we are in fact in a lot better shape than when we started because we get places a lot faster and easier than we expect.  All in all bike touring is pretty sweet.
We have gotten like 3 days of sun in a row which is our longest stretch yet!  It couldn't have come at a better time either, we stopped for a couple days in Punakaiki which was awesome and then the strech of coast between there and Westport was epic.  And here at Westport we spent the day at the beach which was the best beach to hang out at yet and there was good surf too.  Now we are within 3 days of riding from Motoeka and Nelson which is were we drop off our bikes but we have them till the 20th so we can make up some fun stuff to do.  I am trying to go rafting still which is annoying because it requires quite a bit of backtracking to get to the river.  On top of that, if I travel south again there is still a chance that there is not a spot for me on the trip so it is a gamble! We shall see.