Cape Peninsula

 What a day we had beginning with the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town. The plants and the flowers were so vibrant, it was snap, snap, snap with the camera. I just loved all of the colors. Alex took us through the shaded areas as much as possible. There was one shortcut up a very steep hill that I wasn’t sure I would make. But make it I did.

        I wasn’t feeling too good all day and I kept apologizing to both Dennis and Alex. I had taken an Instant Imodium and then another and then a regular Imodium pill and finally one last instant. So I really didn’t want to be too far from the facilities. I have no idea why I wasn’t up to par. Dennis and I had eaten exactly the same things.  It was a bit like the golf joke about hit the ball and drag Fred.

        But this was such a beautiful place, I didn’t want to miss anything.

        From here we drove down the coast of the peninsula to see some just incredible views of the ocean. Cynthia sat in the back hoping she wouldn’t need a rest room. 😨

        From here we drove to the Cape Point Nature Reserve. We took the gondola up to the top of Point Cape. There was to be load shedding at 2:00 PM so if we wanted to go up, we needed to walk down. We wanted to go up, so up we went.

            After this we met Alex in the restaurant and had lunch and a very tall cold beer. There were several guests who joined us. 

Luckily they didn’t seem to need the restroom.

        On the road again, this time headed for the penguin colony. This was something we really wanted to see. It is a lively colony of tuxedo clad little guys, waddling, braying and doing all sorts of things…

        After spending time here it was time to head back to Ashbourne House. I collapsed and Dennis went swimming. A very good day!

A word from Dennis—

        Well, our African holiday is coming to a close. Our trip yesterday with Alex to the Botanical Gardens, peninsula where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans collide and culminating in Simon’s Town where 2700 penguins live, love, and breed was outstanding. Cindy’s pics and commentary will fill you in. It was mind blowing but it was a long, full day. Alex didn’t want us to miss anything as he’s very proud of his home here in South Africa. He picked us up at 8:30 AM and dropped us around 7:00 PM. We estimate we put on close to 250 miles. I’m going to look into this further but I estimate, we’ve (our guides) have driven us 1500 - 2000 miles since we landed in Namibia on January 3rd (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and finally South Africa). As I wrote this and think back, it’s kind of a blur but thanks to Cindy’s blog with text and especially pictures, it brings it back into focus. 

        We just arrived at Babylonstoren and will be here for 3 days and I’ll fill you in. Oh, this place also has complimentary “alcoholic beverages, either made to order or self-serve. I’ll try to remember what we see and do so I can pass it on to you. Traveling Buddy, Cindy the Nag has been out here 3 times since I began writing, asking, “Are you done yet? I wanna add it to the blog.” Did I also mention we’ve been together 24/7 for almost 6 weeks now?? Ain’t love grand? 😏