Traveling and Holidays - The Cape

Graaff Reinet Methodist Church

In my last post I failed to mention something. It must have been about 1977 when we visited Mosselbay during a caravan holiday. It was the only caravan holiday I have ever had and will be the only one I ever have.  I remember the wind howling through the night and first we removed the front of the tent as we thought we were being blown away. After a short period we had to remove the outer tent altogether as we were afraid the whole caravan was going to be swept away and when morning eventually arrived we checked for damage and saw we had been swept off the stabilizer blocks that secure the caravan. That was all I remembered about Mosselbay, so when we went out searching for a pizza on our stay over night there we happened to pass a caravan park. I do not know if it was the same park but sure enough the wind was howling and everyone was huddled over a tiny fire. Are they crazy to caravan there. We had a good laugh at these memories.

The Famous NG Kerk Graaff Reinet

What we must always remember is that there are loads of really good people out there. After our stay in Mossselbay, in the lousy B&B, we landed up in Graaff Reinet where we call the number outside the B&B and the lady had no problem in telling us where to find her keys (in a safe on her porch - she even gave me the safe combination). She told us to enjoy our stay and when I have time can transfer the money for the stay in her account which she would let me have the next day. How do you like that for trust. Thank you Lynne Minnaar for restoring my faith in fellow mankind. We had a wonderful stay. May you be blessed.
We attended the service at the Methodist Church this morning and took in a few of the sites in the city. The most grand NG Kerk with loads of history attached.
We decided to set off for home as there is not really anything between Graaff Reinet.
Traveling back we went through Middelburg, Colesburg and Bloemfontein and throughout our entire trip we have not been through a single toll. About 40 km after Bloemfontein we hit the first. How come Gauteng is inundated with them. Are we being ripped off?
It's been a super experience. Very tiring but we need to get back for some very important business.
We are truly blessed to be able to enjoy this beautiful country of ours.