Yesterday was a harrowing experience. Where to start. I will begin with the renting of the car, it was a nice car, a bit on the small side, but all of them are and for good reason, the roads are narrow. I had never driven on the left side of the road and the right side of the car, it was nerve racking! I was afraid the clutch, gas, and break were backwards too, but they were not. Good thing! I had to really concentrate on keeping myself in the middle of the road, at the center line and #2, and just as important, train myself to look both ways because traffic is coming in the opposite direction of what I am used to. You would not think small things effect your driving, but they do, for instance, your peripherals are trained to notice movement from a certain direction and driving on the opposite side changes that training and is a bit disconcerting. You are constently questioning your turns, your direction, everything about your driving. So that was the first thing of the day.

We decided to do two things for the day, first wine tasting in the Constantia region of the Cape Town or Western Cape and to visit Cape Point National Reserve. The wine tasting was fun and informative. There are several good stories to tell about the visit to the second winery, just ask us about "Oh Shame!". Alexis found out she likes white wine more than red wine.

After the 3 wineries we were off to the Cape! We drove down the coast through Simon's Town, the False Bay was beautiful, it was windy so it was also choppy. We stopped in Simon's Town for some shopping and stopped just outside to try and see some penguins. They are in nesting season and there were many penguins on the nest and we could get a lot of good pictures. After that we were off to the Cape.

On the way up we say signs that said "Beware of Baboons" and "Do Not Feed the Baboons". We were instantly wanting to see baboons. 4 km past the sign we say about 20, that was cool, especially when Shelly rolled down her window and leaned out to take it (keep that fact in mind, the window being down). After that we went into the park, up to point, we say ostrich, springbok, whales, and more baboons. We had lunch at the Two Oceans Restaurant and then headed down to the Cape of Good Hope.

The Baboon Attack!

Well, we will tell this story in person. But it did involve an injury, Shelly panicing a little, Lexi panicing a lot, and me jumping in the car with 2 baboons.