Our Plettenberg Bay hotel comes with a free dauily car wash. After yesterday’s mountain dirt roads, the old corolla was probably grateful for the effort.
Today we decided that all of this safari drive sit time needed to end. We have lots of wine calories to expend. So we set off to hike the Robberg Nature Reserve and marine protected area. Kat was counting up the many cliff walks we’ve done together in our 15 years of marriage- Monhegan Island, Maine, Block Island, Rhode Island, Cap Ferrat, Cinque Terre. Probably even more. This one in Plett Bay certainly met our high expectations. Here is a nice early shot before my knees were crying.
This hike has a little bit of everything- including wildlife. Though not quite as exciting as elephants and leopards, we enjoyed the many geckos and some time with the cape fur seals. We even caught the occasional whale off in the distance.
And these mysterious whelks??? feeding on some squid or something. Nice fresh Calamari perhaps?
Hiking with my sole/soul mate Rich can be a lonely endeavor at times
But I can’t complain - whenever the going was tough for my arthritic knees he was there with a helping hand, or an embarrassing photo. Seriously - there was some challenging rock scrambling and Big! steps that Rich helped me navigate. But I survived.
And the views made it all worth the effort.
A good 15th anniversary hike for me and my sole mate - and our sawtooth b dry oboz hiking shoes.
Oh yeah - did I mention the seagull colony? Bird poop everywhere.
It was a great and challenging hike.
Back at the hotel we took a little relaxing beach time. Rich explored the sandbar on the bay, and our hotel provided beach chairs were utilized. This is really some vacation!
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