Wandering

For a good portion of our trip in South Africa, we were roaming around in the car. It was much more scenic then we expected. 

Sometimes it felt like California, then Eastern Washington, with a bit or Hawaii thrown in for good measure now and again. 

We spent some time on the Whale Route, where we could spot them out in the ocean.  We even saw a few breaches!

Shaynie mistook this dirty ocean tide pool scum for sand, and went for an unexpected dip!

We stopped along the way in little towns to enjoy pizza, pasta, salads, and even some fresh produce now and again!

For a few days we had rain. However we were in an area that did not get much rain, so we also enjoyed some flooding! The kids thought it was great. Mom was more worried about what dirt, debris or dead animals were upstream!

We even ran into a guy that appreciated the YOLO life style! Rebekah thinks she saw him selling drugs right before this picture. I think it was springbok jerky.

The rain also provided us with waterfalls and drifting mists and fog.

Of course, the kids and Rebekah had to stop every dog we saw. I think we spent a cumulative 10 hours talking to dog and their owners!

But the kids were happy. And so was Rebekah.

With shark infested, freezing waters... we did not do much swimming.

but we thought about it.

One night we went to dinner at the home of a local family. They made us some traditional food (Dutch oven style) and then we enjoyed their singing and music (Magical Moments was the band name, as well as the self titles CD they gave us. A bit odd, which made it that much better)

Even Weston got involved when  local gas station employees practiced their home made song for an upcoming nation wide competition (Finest gas in the Klein Karoo!)

We even found time for road side souvenir shopping.  However, we decided to wait until we got to the big city before we made any purchases!

It really is quite an interesting country!