This entire area is confusing to me...a peninsula with large bays and roads that go north, east, south and west...I am easily disoriented. The route we take is along the coast.....it is the same route that a large bike race (event) followed on Sunday, March 13...large in the sense that there were 35,000 participants...the race route involves some major...and I mean major hill climbs.....total distance 110 km (67 miles). Ken completed the race in a little better than 5 hours and he is older than I am!!
As we drive towards Cape Point, the weather remains sunny and winds calm....the scenery along the coastal roads are beautiful. As we near the Cape the winds pick-up and the clouds begin to gather around the Point. As we enter Cape of Good Hope National Park, we begin to sense that today might not be the day to see the Cape in all of its powerful glory....the clouds are lower and fog becomes more opaque. Bottom line, we arrive at Cape Point, visibility is less than desirable....we walk towards the best view point and "see" or I should say "don't see" the rugged coast line and crashing waves except through snippets of openings in the clouds/fog. Here are pictures of what we saw...
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| Cape Point Lat/Long |
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| A Foggy Day |
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| Looks Like Miniature Palm Trees |
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| Visibility - Nil |
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| Cape Point Coast Line |
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| Parasailing Surfing |
As we leave the Cape, the weather becomes clear....a clear example of the fickleness of Cape Town weather. As we drive towards our luncheon stop, we see 3 parasailers riding the waves.....an awesome athletic display...they fly out of the water, ride the waves, skim the surface at incredible speeds. Lunch...drive home......watch the cricket world cup...I have become a follower of the game of cricket.....overs, wicket, LBW - leg before wicket, yorker, stumping, bowler and 4 vs 6 runs...South Africa is in the quarter-finals.
A quite evening of dinner, working on the BLOG and bed...reading a great book "Cutting for Stone"....nite, nite.
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