Shaking Out the Sand
Okay, we are sweeping out the sand from our ears, sweeping the elephant dung out of the tire treads and putting on a fresh set of clothes and throwing out the old!
We’re down at the ocean and approaching Cape Town. The tablecloth is on the mountain overlooking the city, the sharks are circling in the water, and we’re ready for a little of the uban life.
We are familiar with Cape Town having lived here on and off over a year in and around 2016. However, back then all we could think of was how to prepare SV Sage for the next part of her voyage across the Southern Atlantic ocean and north to the Caribbean.
We spent most of our time searching out boat parts, fixing engines, sewing tarps, building dodgers, painting the hull, and a variety of other boat projects. We never really got a chance to be a tourist, so now we have a chance to snoop around the nooks and crannies of Cape Town. And what wonderful places to discover.
We did, though, return to one spot not so much in Cape Town itself but out in wine country. Jordans, no relation to the Canadian wine maker, is out near Stellenbosch and has a lovely setting with an exquisite restaurant.
Since it was the last day in South Africa for Dave and Lesley we made a day of heading out to the vineyards and having lunch at Jordans – a 3 course meal (which we certainly didn’t have camping in Botswana) followed by a cheese plate featuring some excellent South African cheeses and a plate of delicacies provided by Jordans after dessert!
I have to say that was a good start to our stay in Cape Town. If I could only repeat that a few more times I may never leave.
Sage on sail 
Hey Tony and Connie, you were so near to us (in km) and didn’t pop in ;-( . Anyway, hope you have a good time in Cape Town.
By the way, your photo doesn’t show the beach at Muizenberg, it is Longbeach between Noordhoek and Kommetjie.
All the best!
Toby
Amazing Memories to share when we get to meet up in person!
I hope all continues to go smoothly on your last leg of your journey!!
Thanks for sharing!
Dear Tony and Connie,
I know that, like Susanna Moody, you probably “loved it” roughing it in the bush, but your current email also told me that you were quite happy to return to many of the luxuries of so-called modern civilization! I’m glad to learn that you survived the wilds and are enjoying (so the photos tell me) a return to some of the wonderful things we now have in life (far and wide) all over many parts of today’s world. I think (once in a while … and maybe) that we were born at a good time and it will be hard for life to get much more pleasant for us than it currently is. There is unfortunately one wee catch. A short while ago I commented to a dear old friend, (Keith Smith a fellow teacher/administrator at Loyalist for many [at least 35 years] who had sent me an email this morning. In his message he made a comment about the fact that, as we age, more and more of the impediments, presented to us in the aging process, seem to keep cropping up. Part of my response to him was … “keep toughing it through; the process will keep going and we just have to try to make the best of it … nobody will aver be exempt from it … if they get old enough! We have been very lucky! You and I, Connie and Keith have hardly been touched by many of the gremlins that have Flattened people who are much younger than we are!
Keep venturing forward McDuff – you’re having a great life and onward it should go.
Much love to you both and I shall very much look forward to out next rendez-vous!! Brian
Dear Tony and Connie,
I know that, like Susanna Moody, you probably “loved it” roughing it in the bush, but your current email also told me that you were quite happy to return to many of the luxuries of so-called modern civilization! I’m glad to learn that you survived the wilds and are enjoying (so the photos tell me) a return to some of the wonderful things we now have in life (far and wide) all over many parts of today’s world. I think (once in a while … and maybe) that we were born at a good time and it will be hard for life to get much more pleasant for us than it currently is. There is unfortunately one wee catch. A short while ago I commented to a dear old friend, (Keith Smith a fellow teacher/administrator at Loyalist for many [at least 35 years] who had sent me an email this morning. In his message he made a comment about the fact that, as we age, more and more of the impediments, presented to us in the aging process, seem to keep cropping up. Part of my response to him was … “keep toughing it through; the process will keep going and we just have to try to make the best of it … nobody will aver be exempt from it … if they get old enough! We have been very lucky! You and I, Connie and Keith have hardly been touched by many of the gremlins that have Flattened people who are much younger than we are!
Keep venturing forward McDuff – you’re having a great life and onward it should go.
Much love to you both and I shall very much look forward to out next rendez-vous!! Brian ________________________________
We’ve been loving going with you from afar and felt quite bereft when you were incommunicado for a few days. Well done to all four of you for continuing to take on adventures…..Your blog has given us very itchy feet/wheels as we dream of travelling and exploring But now its time for you to come home and get ready for us all to come and watch the truck parade from your balcony 👀🚒🚛
Green with envy!
Ooooo! You found Hejira !!! Bit of caulk and some paint … maybe a nice dodger … she’ll be fine. As for the “Protea” … don’t you know a COVID-19 when you see one? Run for your life matey!