South Coast

Sunday we headed up the South Coast along the Indian Ocean and the ride was spectacular. It made Big Sur look like nothing! The road was beautifully built with a stone wall on the cliff side and miles and miles of breathtaking ocean and cliff views – with an occasional baboon on the side of the road. We went to Harold Porter Botanical Garden and leaned about the flora of the Cape. The kids then spent some time with water colors painting what ever plant inspired them. We stopped in Hermanus – where all the Southern Right Whales come and calf in the winter months. We spent the afternoon at a farm/vineyard where Dave’s brother and family live. It was a perfect day. The kids ran around the farm playing in the damn and on the fields. We had a braai (bbq) and sat around the old farmhouse talking to the family – hearing stories from the “gogo” (grandmother) about South Africa in the old days. Everyone went back to the hotel, happy, full and tired!