Hoping for Sunshine

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It continued to rain all through the night.  We awoke to cloudy skies and brisk temperatures - but the forecast looked promising.  As soon as we finished breakfast, we put the kayak in the water and paddled off.  This time we were equipped with a map of all the channels - so at least we knew where we were going.

The sun was starting to come out.  It was a bit windy but it wasn't much of a deterrent.  We covered most of the channels and found ourselves down by Harbour Town.  We could see the old power plant structures and how they built housing around them - even incorporating the walking bridges.  Very cool.  We took another channel back and it was time for our next activity.

Fresh Fisheries

Last night there was talk of renting a bike and going out to The Heads - more scenic overlooks and beautiful beaches.  With the clouds coming and going and the cool temperatures, we opted to drive across the causeway, check out the path along the lagoon and see how we felt about the bikes then. Off we went.  Parked the car and started strolling down the path.  Not the most scenic I have to say. Saw a few birds - got kinds of bored so we turned around.  Took a look inside the Fresh Fisheries which is a fish market as well as a restaurant.  The fish delivery was just coming in when we got there.

What now?  We were back in the car heading to The Heads.  Get ready for some  more beautiful pictures of coastline.  First we stopped at the View Point.  You park on the road and take the pathways down.  There are several different viewing stands.  One side views the lagoon and the other pretty much the ocean.  Hung out here for a bit.  Talked with the Feller family from Tel Aviv who were here for a 10 day vacation.


On the way down, we tried to get to the beach we saw while up above.  Made a wrong turn so we  decided it was lunch time!  Popped into the East Head Cafe and had the best fish we have had since we have been here - Kob.  We will have to look for that.  Geoff found Obama in the men's room and couldn't resist taking a photo.  After lunch, we walked around the area and read about the shipwreck that happened there.  Treated ourselves to a gelato and it was off to find the beach.

You have to go up before you can go down.  Up we climbed, took the right turn this time and we landed at Coney Glen Beach.  More very nice paths and walkways leading in all sorts of directions right down to the ocean.  We took each and every one of them.  By this time, the sun was out in full force and the ocean was just breathtaking.  We looked up and spotted the view point decks we had just come from.

It took a while to extract ourselves from the scenery.  After we exhausted every path and boardwalk there was, it was time to go back.  Trevor was home when we returned. Said hi and headed to the deck for some r &r.

Ventured out for dinner one last time on Thesen Island.  Wound up at Sirocco.  The meal was absolutely wonderful.  First we treated ourselves to a plate of mixed oysters from various origins - both wild and cultivated. Then I had the salmon and Geoff had the tuna poke bowl -- very delicious. All this while watching the sunset.  Ironically, the view across the marsh from us was East Head - so our day came full circle.

PLEASE NOTE: There may not be any accessible wifi in our next location.  So I maybe out of communications for three nights or maybe even more. Will continue as soon as we get access to wifi.

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Next time.... The Road to Tsitsikama