Mossel Bay

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In my research of this area, I stumbled upon a little unknown museum called Janine Iron and Washing Museum - who knew such  a thing existed?  Since my brother, Jerry, is such a fan of doing the laundry, this was a must see for us.  The fact that it was on the way to another beautiful beach made it all the better.

We finished up a delicious breakfast and good conversation and headed out to find this gem.  It took some doing, but we found the museum hidden in among a cluster of buildings called Laundry Land!  Curses! It was locked up tight.  After ringing the bell several times, we walked around the property and someone finally came out to open the museum up.  We had the place all to ourselves. 

The museum is filled with irons, washing machines and various other laundry related products some dating back to the 1800's.  Jan Ellis started the collection in the 70's and has since added on quite a bit.  Dedicating the museum to his late daughter Janine who died at the age of 33.  It is completely free of charge with no entrance fee of donation expected.  We had a great time rummaging about the place and signed Jerry's name in the guest book as an honorary visitor.

Moving from the museum, we went further down the road to Diaz Beach.  A beautiful stretch of white sand.  We were able to rent an umbrella but no chairs.  Sonja gave us some beach towels so at least we had something to sit on.  The ocean is a bit tamer here and the water temperature delightful. We hung around till about 2ish - packed it in for lunch on the beach.  While waiting for our food, we watched the surfers riding the waves and the parachutes falling from the sky.  It was quite entertaining.

We are back now and the De Wet's family is visiting -- have to go be social .... later.

Sat and had a lovely chat with the family for a bit.  Made a plan for tomorrow - going to visit another beach and another lighthouse.  Went out to the new local restaurant, Searle's Village.  Lovely place with great decor that even extended to the men's room.  However, we were so tired, we could barely put a fork to our mouths.  Tried to split a salad - gave up and came back to the house. 

Said good-night to our hosts and crawled into bed.  Going to finish up the blog and then it's lights out!

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Next time... Another day, another beach