We were busy this "spring" and never got around to posting these photos from our wildflower-viewing weekend in September.
Every spring in the dry veld of the Western Cape (north and west of Cape Town), a really magical bloom of wildflowers takes place. The absolute best ones are supposedly about 7 hours away in Namaqualand; we didn't make it that far, but we did get to Clanwilliam this year and really enjoyed the weekend driving through fields and exclaiming over the colors.
We're heading back up this way next week for our last trip in southern Africa before we head back Stateside. As you can see from our lack of posting on the blog, this year has been busier than last with fewer weekend trips - we're not exactly tourists here any more! But we are looking forward to getting out for a few more long weekends and taking advantage of school holidays before we leave Cape Town permanently in June. (Tears are forming just thinking about it!)
Til then, enjoy a few sunny flowers now that it's turning to spring in the northern hemisphere!
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Monday, March 23, 2015
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
wildflowers (west coast national park)
This past weekend, we drove an hour up the coast to a town called Paternoster. We'll share pictures of the beach soon, but on the way we stopped at the West Coast National Park to see the wildflowers bloom. It was a gorgeous day, and despite getting a little stressed out by the driving culture (move to the shoulder to let people pass you on the two-lane highway) in our little Volkswagon, we had a great time. Also enjoyed seeing our first hooved animals in Africa!
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Lunch in front of a homestead-turned-restaurant. Behind Jennifer a lagoon stretches for about 10-15 miles up to a big industrial bay. |
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