Come to the place of misfits!

Come to the place of misfits!

Theresa Johnston

North Stradbroke Island accommodation

Tsitsikamma Forest

While in Plett, Brett and Nicole enjoyed an awesome Canopy Tour on what we in S.A call 'Fufi slides'. You glide above the Tsitsikamma Rain Forests and waterfalls on a zip line. They had a complete blast and were thankful for not taking me along for my fear of...well, just about everything! You will see their adventure in pics below. At our tree house place of stay, Brett found a mate! A long antlered deer who would literally not leave his side, no matter what he did. All deer were free-roaming and when Brett was grilling outside, along came his mate. He stood with him for so long, it was hilarious.

Visiting monkey land was a hit! Monkeys of various species roaming around you. Some of them are known thieves. There is no wearing of sunglasses, etc because they reach over and help themselves right from your head. They are amazing. Nicole is convinced we will get one, one day. Yeah right!

From the Tree House we had a long drive down to Cape Town. The girls were absolute troopers without any complaints about the 5 hr backseat journey! After arriving back in Cape Town, we have been on the go non-stop!

We had a cook-out at our friends Ian and Alison who made such a great open fire chicken on a rotisserie rod. Of course, for anyone who knows me, after a couple of glasses of wine, I stood up to check it all out and scorched my arm on the red hot rod. Yes, I now have WAR WOUNDS!

Brett's mom arrived from Durban and is spending the week with us. She is keeping up with all our gallivanting well. Sunday was a seriously fun BBQ with my family which was just wonderful. Not seeing fam in 7 years is, in fact, a long time! I just never realized how long. The adults are older (but still look wonderful LOL) and the kids are all TALLER than me! Not that it's too difficult;)

Our morning at the Ostrich farm was fun! Nicole wants to do a special 'shout out' to her friend at school who LOVES Ostriches. You know who you are ;) We all got to stand on the eggs and sit on them and play blindfold which is hilarious. They throw a bag over their heads and the poor things have no clue what the heck is going on. Naturally, Nicole and I found an abundance of humor in this!

Nicole and Brett climbed Table Mountain in a little over 2 hours. Pics are below too. It's an amazing view. The mountain is and was our morning view as we woke up each day.

Yesterday, the girls stayed with my mom and Brett, Merle (his mom) and I all headed to the wine farms in Paarl. Oh man, what beauts! We did tons of tastings and ended at the Backsberg Winery for lunch. The greenery in the wine lands is amazing with what seems to be a never ending sea of valleys.

Today, we are all off to the Waterfront. Nicole wants to shop!! It's a little rainy here today but still awesome.

More to come tomorrow.

Cheers all,

T