Life On The Road - Living Slow in Hermanus

It’s amazing how much we take for granted every day. When I wake up at home, I can turn on my computer and be linked via a wireless router to the Internet, and have the world at my fingertips. Not so fast on vacation. Now, as much as I’d like to blame the fact that we haven’t updated the blog sooner on our presence in ZA (South Africa), I can’t. It has more to do with being SOOOOO relaxed. Frank or Sue ask everyday if there’s anything we want to do, and the answer is often the same…“No, not really. A swim and reading will do just fine.”

All is going so well here. I’ll be posting more in a day or so, but here are a few photos for now. More later.


Here we are, overlooking beautiful Hermanus. This view is from Rotary Drive.


Above Hermanus is a dam that collects water for the town. It's situated in a kloop, or ravine. The view is spectacular.


Almost every morning, Frank gets up early for a swim at the dam. On a warm afternoon, Brian and Frank enjoyed a cool swim. They swam across and jumped from the rock outcropping in the background of the picture.


Sue and Bronze pose for a mother daughter shot.


Andrew is one of Bronze's good friends, and he works as a doctor in Cape Town. He stopped by for a few days and joined us for some shrimp linguine.


Christmas could not be complete without the annual decorating of the tree. While it doesn't look like your typical American Christmas tree, it served the function very well. Many of the decorations were hand made by Bronze, Ualette, Eleanor and Diane. Here, Ualette and Eleanor put up some of the decorations.

Life On The Road - Big Wave Dreams

A recent storm blew in some rather large waves. The spray caused by the crashing on the rocks was enough to blot out the sun. Here's a short movie showing one as it comes in. Enjoy.

Life on the Road - An African Christmas

After years of talking about Christmas holiday in South Africa, we finally made it. While the trip here was arduous at best, it has all been worth the effort. The Guthries are wonderful hosts and have made us feel like we are family. Here are a few of the many photos we've taken so far. We'll try to keep the blog updated as we go along. Enjoy!


After nearly 23 hours in the air (not counting time on the ground in Portland, Oregon, JFK in New York, and a security shake down in Dakar, Senegal) we finally landed in beautiful Cape Town.


Hermanus has dozens of wonderful coves. This one is just a few minutes walk from the house.


Diane enjoys her first early morning walk along the beach. The next morning, we followed a Southern Right Whale mother and calf west along the cliff walk (no, we didn't think to bring the camera or binos).


We enjoyed a wonderful picnic down in the cove later that same day. Wonderful food and South African wine made it a perfect evening.


The sun setting in the west viewed from our picnic cove.