View from our beach house, originally uploaded by afrikers.
Although it’s not on the beach, this house in Betty’s Bay has a nice view of the ocean clear to Hermanus.
Monthly Archive for January, 2008
Beach house on the mountain, originally uploaded by afrikers.
Our beach house is visible here in the bottom left of this photo. It is yellow with a red roof.
Our vacation house in 2004, originally uploaded by afrikers.
This is the beach house where we stayed in 2004. It is about one mile from the beach and doesn’t have a view of the sea. But it has a nice lagoon behind that the kids enjoyed exploring. The house seems to have deteriorated in three years.
The Promised Land, originally uploaded by afrikers.
On our way to Kleinmond beach we saw this rainbow hovering over the city like a sign from God. Quite a contrast from the blackened hillside of Betty’s Bay that had been hit by wildfires.
Betty’s Bay fire, originally uploaded by afrikers.
The wildfire that burned last week ignited again leaving the highway closed and resident’s fearing for their homes. In nearby Hermanus, three houses were destroyed by fires. This scene is about one mile from where we are staying. That evening, the rain started and put out the fire. However, people told us that they fear the fire is still burning underground in the dense vegetation of the fynbos.
What a wind, originally uploaded by afrikers.
The wind was blowing so hard that we had to hold hands on the trail up to the view point. Ellie got knocked down once by the wind. Mom and Dad were having paranoid visions of kids blown into the abyss by incredible gusts of wind. On the way up the hill my mouth was blowing up like when you are on a carnival ride. Fun!
Hilary conquers the Cape, originally uploaded by afrikers.
Bundled against hurricane-strength gusts, Hilary exults in the view from the south-west tip of Africa.
Blown away at the Cape, originally uploaded by afrikers.
Yesterday we spent a lazy afternoon in the sun at The Boulders. Today at the Cape of Good Hope the wind was blowing us away. All the Ker kids are visible in this photo although you can only see Benny’s feet!
Oblivious on the beach, originally uploaded by afrikers.
While the beach swarms with activity two gorgeous blondes are completely transfixed by a seashell.
Passing penguin, originally uploaded by afrikers.
The Boulders is an amazing beach south of Simon’s Town where you can hang out with flippered friends in a secluded setting. The penguins stay mostly hidden except for an occasional dash between the boulders or a dip in the water.
In this picture Ellie and Grammy are in the foreground but Henry and Benjamin are also visible in the background.