Sunday 14th April 2013

L:  We were up early in the morning, out of habit, but the girls took longer to persuade out of bed.  Heather had been rather cold at night, but Nicole slept well.  Of course, I managed to find a great sunrise too.

 

 

 

We made coffee and had rusks and had a long walk up to the pools where it was lovely and warm early in the morning.  We came back and had a cooked breakfast, like old times, when we all camped together, though the girls missed the skottel-braai (big gas fryer).

We cleaned up the campsite and set off for a walk around the campsite and up a short trail above the warm pools.  We ended up right at the back of the campsite where there are 3 pools, the two top ones are warm, but the lowest one is pretty chilly.  Steve and I managed to get in and enjoyed a cool swim in the lovely rock pool.  There were other people in the warm pools so we did not want to disturb them. 

 

 

We took quite a few photos of us as a family for the scrapbook and blog.  
 

We set off back down the road to our campsite which is the lowest possible site and Heather spotted a klipspringer buck on one of the rocks.  It was like a statue overlooking the campsite.  We also saw another one later on.

 

After a refreshing drink, we sat around for a while before having to pack up camp and head home.  We had decided to go, as a family, for some sushi in Sea Point on our way home. 
 

We drove back to town, more or less in convoy and arrived in Sea Point where we had a super evening of sushi before returning home and having to unpack.  Steve is still on leave so we can take our time sorting this week.
 

We have had a super trip, and really experienced some unusual places and different experiences.  The eco-trails were lovely and we both thoroughly enjoyed them as well as the Richtersveld. S: We learnt a new expression: ‘Are you bragging or are you nagging’, met some amazing people and as always come back with an appreciation of what we do have.
 

 The best thing about going to remote places is that most of the time there is no MTN coverage so I can lose my phone. I feel that for four weeks of the year I can cut myself off from the world for a while. Most things can wait until I go back to work.  
 

L + S: Now it is on to planning the next trip, and it is going to be a biggie.  Thanks all, for reading about our travels.  Keep well until the next time.  Cheers.