Fortunately the weather cleared up a bit on Tuesday afternoon, so we decided to take a ride through Wakkerstroom to check out the area. We drove out to Glass Arts Studio, but to no avail. The owner wasn’t there… so we left & got some biltong at the butchery.
Our next stop was the old NG Church. When we asked the caretaker, Oom Bill, if we could walk around to take some photos, he offered to open up for us so we could also see the inside. He was so correct in saying that we would miss out if we didn’t see inside the church. Oom Bill also gave us a rundown of some of the history of the church.
After our visit to the church, we took a ride through the town to see what it looks like…
We went back to our little hideout at Ou Kliphuis & spent the rest of the day relaxing.
On Wednesday the weather was slightly warmer again when we got up. We called the camp to check on the boys & were told that they were having a blast. I was happy to hear that they were getting along independently of each other. It seems the boys are growing up so fast now.
With the boys safely tucked away at camp, we decided to take a drive through to New Castle to check out the scenery. We stopped at the Amajuba Mall for some pizza.
After lunch we headed back via Volksrust. Of course getting back took substantially longer than anticipated due to the road works between New Castle & Volksrust. We actually might as well have gone off-roading. Wow, I can’t believe the state these roads are in…
After about 4 hours of gallivanting we got back to our little hideout & spent the rest of the day relaxing, blogging & scrapping.
On Thursday we woke up to some really miserable weather, but fortunately it cleared up a little later in the afternoon so we just took a drive around the farm, testing the Tucson’s 4x4 capabilities. It took us just over an hour to cover a huge part of the grounds, after which we returned to the farmhouse to spend the rest of the day watching TV & relaxing.
On Friday we were up by 5h30 in order to pack for our return trip. We were due at Mooikrans by 9h00 in order to meet Cris & Greg there when they arrived to fetch Jesse as he joined them for their week holiday at Balito.
We stopped for petrol at Amersfoort & arrived at Mooikrans just after 8h00, a little earlier than planned, but got to spend some time with Jesse before he left around 9h45. The boys seemed to have had an awesome time at camp. We had some boerewors rolls & juice for brunch. The kids received their course certificates & then they showed off their newly acquired horse riding skills.
Unfortunately, Mooikrans didn’t have electricity on Thursday, so Melinda wasn’t able to do the photo CD, so I’ll have to post camp photos when I receive it from her at a later stage.
After the show, around 11h30 we headed back home. Misha was quite upset, having to leave “his” horse, Bakkies behind, but after sleeping in the car for about an hour he woke up chirpy again. We picked Matthew up on our way home & finally arrived at around 15h00
What an awesome restful break we had.
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