A camp can also look like this. A wet day in the southern Cape "forced" me into this log cabin at the Sanparks resort near Wilderness. For my daily radio schedule I erected the 8 foot whip attached to the roof rack, taped a 20m steel wire to the tip with a weight at the other end of the wire and threw the weighted end over the tree in the picture. It worked well but the next morning I forgot about it and drove off, almost taking the tree with me.

In an effort to rectify the previous day's mishap with the camera's SD card, I retraced my steps and drove the Montague Pass again, in the opposite direction. Lovely pass full of history.

Ek moes maar weer die Montaguepas op om die vorige dag se mistykie met die kamera reg te stel. Baie mooi pas, vol geskiedenis.  

As mens amper bo-op die berg is kom jy op hierdie bewys af dat 'n "binnebraai" selfs in die ou dae amper belangriker as die huis was. Stewig gebou en bedoel om die huis te oorleef.

Close to the top of the pass is this relic showing the importance of an "indoor barbeque", even in the old days. Designed to survive the house. :-)

Nobody said you had to be creative to name a shop or a butchery. (Nasionale Pad = National Road)

From the top of Montague Pass I followed the national road east and then took the gravel turn off to the tine settlement De Vlugt where the road joins the Prince Alfred Pass. The pass was wet and  bit slippery but I met a number of sedan cars along the way. The highlight of the day was a crowned eagle that crossed the track in front of me, banking and then settled in a tree about 50 metres away. He flew off before I could take a photo. They are scarce and endangered and this was my second sighting of one in the wild. They prey on monkeys regularly and are powerful enough to take young duiker (antelope) and even bosbok (antelope).  

Now at Brenton-on-Lake campsite. Good weather. Waiting for the missus to arrive by bus at 14h00. Then we will drive the Seven Passes route to George before returning to Brenton for a pan fried Gunnard, mash and veggies. Tomorrow we hope to get close to Fort Beaufort in the real Eastern Cape. New territory for me.