Off to Wilderness

After spending 6 days in Hout Bay, we drove along the Garden route to Wilderness (~7 hour drive). Deb and Karen once again did all of the driving, so it was very relaxing for us – we just sat back and enjoyed the scenery. We had a picnic lunch along the way and also stopped at Graham Beck winery – of course we purchased a bottle of Graham Cap Classique’s bubbly to enjoy at dinner.

Wilderness is a very small village on the Indian Ocean, situated a short distance to the east of George and just west of Knysna. We are staying at Wilderness Waters in the Penthouse apartment (same place we stayed last year). Deb and Karen have a smaller unit next door which works out well as we eat our meals here. We have a large deck so we have lots of space for all of us to relax.

A few pictures of our apartment.

Although February 14th started out with rain, it turned out to be a perfect day to have lunch at East Head cafe. After lunch we took a leisurely walk along pathways of The Heads. The heads of Knysna is a place where the ocean comes into the lagoon between mountain heads – great views from the top.

After a fun day at East Head, Larry treated us to champagne and a chicken dinner back at the apartment. Next our evening games – yahtzee (just the ladies) and euchre. As always, many laughs.

The next day we decided to drive to Oudtshhorn to visit the Cango Caves. The 20 million year-old Cango Caves system consists of a series of chambers cut deep into a thick limestone rock layer.

Well I better get this posted. Those who are on Facebook will have seen some of these pictures through Deb’s posts.

My next post will be about my multi-day birthday celebration.