Grotto Beach Hermanus South Africa

After exploring the whale museum and shopping for my birthday until I knew I’d better stop I drove out of town a short ways and found a sign pointing toward Grotto Beach.

It was so peaceful to walk along the beach, very few others around.

Listening to the waves, smelling the sea, feeling a breeze, looking at life and gathering shells.

I’ve always considered birthdays to be special, a day to do whatever you choose. Definitely not work. I once had to quit a job  to get my birthday off, after a two week notice of course. Nice that I work summers now so I don’t have to do that again.

I returned to Anchors Rest via a grocery store where I bought dinner and sweet treats. Then walked to the coast trail and watched the sun set over Walker Bay.

My journey was way too quickly coming to an end and the next day I’d be heading to the Cape of Good Hope.

SWF – Stormy sky over the Weaver Mountains

On the drive home from Grand Canyon storm clouds came and went along the way.

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Sales and Whales in Hermanus South Africa

March 26, 2010, I woke up on my birthday ready for a South African adventure.

First stop, after breakfast, go shopping. To see what all I treated myself to go here.

Then off to the Whale Museum.

Hermanus is a whale town. 

The Southern Right Whales come to South Africa between May and December to mate and calf and are the most frequently seen in Walker Bay.

Being I was there at the wrong time of the year I settled with watching a very interesting slide show with artwork by Noel Ashton.

And explored the museum.

Sure wish I’d been there to see the real whales.

But, oh well, instead I walked around town checking out what the vendors had for sale before heading to the beach.

Anchors Rest B&B Hermanus South Africa

The drive through the Overberg region (thanks Jonker), what I thought was the Little Karoo, was pretty but I was ready to return to the coast. The road I choose was only paved partway winding through vineyards.

I’d gone online to find a B&B in Hermanus that offered the internet provider I’d paid for. Then I just had to find Anchors Rest, located in a residential area a block off the coast.

I stayed in a separate building…

…with my own private garden.

Come on in.

This was a nicely furnished and spacious place.

Plus, right outside in the garden was a picnic table where I sat while online chatting with my honey and enjoyed…

…this beautifully blooming bush. I looked forward to exploring Hermanus the next day. My host suggested the whaling museums.

MWT – Settling in

It’s taken almost a month to move into the new 5th-wheel.

Picking and choosing what decorative chachkies would fit. When we get ready to roll it takes me about two hours to pack it all.

Packing plastic tubs for storage in either the tin shed or the basement of the RV.

The little house is almost empty.

Still have a few things to wrap up and put away, somewhere. And if I ever start feeling better I’ll get it done.

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Little Karoo South Africa

After a quick stop in Mossel Bay I returned to N2…

…and continued west on an inland route with a plan to return to the coast.

There really isn’t a coastal route that I could see on the map.

But I passed several side roads that looked inviting.

I’d decided to take R320 to Hermanus on the coast…

…and stay for a couple days in celebration of my birthday, which you can read about here.