Of all things, it's us again!!.......... We slept in until 8 a.m. (unheard of) and picked up the rental car in Capetown to begin our own driving adventure. We made it out of Capetown, not a nick on the car or the hubcaps...remember now, driver is on the right side of the car. We took the leisurely pace along the east side of False Bay, onto Gordon Bay enjoying the coastal scenery. We had lunch in Hermanus. At the right time of year you can see whales swimming by 100 feet off the coast!! Alas, we knew it was not the right time of year but we wanted to go there anyway. Hermanus was a very nice town. We then needed to make some time and get to our final destination for the day which was Cape Agulhas (where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean). We were only slowed on the road a couple of times by the baboons that were crossing with their families in tow. That was exciting. We heard that you lock your doors if you have food because they can open car doors and what a ruckuss they can make.....we took no chances!!! We crossed several miles of farmland, passed several wineries, but we were on a mission and did not stop. We made it to our destination, the Cape Agulhas Country Lodge. We look forward to the feather bed with the windows wide open, sea breeze and sound of the waves close by. The lighthouse from the 1800 is up the road so the light should not be a problem. Believe me for some it must be a problem (like no dinner parties in evening facing the ocean, unless you want to go blind). We met a delightful couple celebrating there 36th wedding anniversary during dinner. They gave us some really wonderful ideas of additions to our itinerary tomorrow...looking forward to the extra outings.
A bit of a side note, when we were in Capetown visiting the Royal Cape Yacht Club, Craig, the Commodore was talking about the Shosholoza competing with the Oracle. We just picked up a newspaper this a.m. with a big photo splashed across the front....The trials for the America's Cup in Spain......Oracle just barely beat the Shosholoza (Shosholoza dominated the race for over 50% of the time) but lost their spinnaker sail in the water and the Oracle took advantage and beat them by 47 seconds. Looks like it was really an exciting race . Levi was very confused driving etc because he was turned around due to the sun...As you all know the sun is in the south. The west is to the left when facing north and east is to the right when facing north. When Levi tried to do this to get his bearings, it did not dawn on him that the sun was to the north being in the southern hemisphere!! (He got it together)!!
Well, feather bed, here we come! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz