Friday, April 7
We will drive to Stellenbosch today. The drive is rainy all the way, until we pass
Sir Lowry’s mountain pass and drive into sunny and hot weather. Set up camp for one last time in South
Africa. Boys enjoy the campgrounds mini
carts (which are pedalled), until they have to push them uphill back to
reception.
Saturday, April 8
Wine tour time. We
head first to Spier. The grounds are
amazing, and while Cindy and Nancy try the wines, us boys head to a bird
recovery area, more accurately, a raptor rehabilitation facility. Birds of prey that are injured are brought
here. Of the several hundred birds they
receive a year, 60% are returned to the wild, and the others are either kept in
the facility or have to be destroyed.
For not being bird people, we had a great time. The eagles can exert 500 lbs per square inche
pressure with their talons, glad the owls are more gentle. We then headed over to the Muratie Winery. This, in contrast to Spier, is one of the
oldest and undeveloped wineries in the region.
A very unique experience to visit this winery, and the surrounding areas
were beautiful. We then returned to
Capetown.
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