One Great Raodtrip

Ingredients:

• One sturdy vehicle
• Dried fruit nuts and biltong, enough to sustain you through hours and hours of driving
• Ipod loaded with songs you can sing along to
• you best friend in the seat next to you.
• one map book preferably with tattered pages and a lot of character

Shake vigorously for 3-10 days and enjoy.

It was Monday afternoon, Jess and I had just finished helping with a new program where she works at the sustainability institute (more about that later). We rushed to her little farm and packed all of the necessities and we hit the road with the killers blaring. We started our little adventure off just perfectly. As we drove the sun sunk behind the mountains of the western cape and the stars came out to guide us to our first destination. We made it to Storms River in just 51/2 hours. That was some kind of record. The journey seemed to fly by, but by the time we got there we were pretty exhausted and ready to flop into bed. We had no idea what to expect at the Tube n' Axe. We walked up to a backpackers filled with young people and one very friendly bartender who showed us to our diggs for the night. We were pretty happy to find two beds and a door that locked. We fell into bed and slept beautifully. In the morning we awoke to find that our first stop was actually stunning.

 
Jess decided to take a little nap in the morning sunshine.


Jess took this shot as I looked out at the beautiful view.

We decided to have a little hike at Storms River National park to the Swinging bridges. The hike was easy and the views were stunning. We took in the sounds and smells and enjoyed every step. The bridges were long and narrow and stretched across a beautiful blue river mouth.




 







Looking down it becomes obvious that the confluence is home to many many sharks. It is a bit of a thrill to walk over sharks on a swinging bridge. On the hike back we decided it would be a good idea to walk down to one last little cove.

 Jess and I couldn't help ourselves. We stripped down to our skivvies and jumped in. The water was so refreshing, it was a relief to wash off that film of dirt and sweat. After our swim we scampered past the enclaves of tourists and jumped in the jeep to continue on our adventure.