It’s almost time to head home. Well, not really home. This is where I have lived for the last 18 years, but it still doesn’t feel like home.  I’m absolutely at home there. Yolande has done beautiful things inside our flat. Beautiful. It cozy. It’s warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It […]

Ignore my last post… That settles it. Linda reminded me today!  Very early in my hiking history, I went on my first training hike with a used backpack I had just purchased on EBay. I loaded it up and headed up to Nockamixon State Park. (Described in detail in one of my first posts) Off […]

That’s me. Boom.  That’s my Trail name.   I love trees.  These are just some of the varieties of the Baobab. I love this tree.  Then there are Giant Sequoias.  Amazing, wouldn’t you say? Magnificent is a better word. Majestic. Spiritual. Humbling.  There is a special energy around these giants. I’ve felt it.  I stood […]

Yolande and I went to visit an old friend of her’s and Aunt Tessie, up the Southern Coast. Here are a few shots: Rental car number 3. Ford Festiva.  Hangklip and Pringle Bay where my friend William the Spy’s parents live! These mountains are really something. Huge. Can you see the tiny house in the […]

These are what waves are supposed to look like. Long clean lines. This photo was taken way up on Boyes Drive above Kalk Bay. Just up the road is Muizenburg, my favorite local surf spot here outside Cape Town. Muizenburg looks like this from above.  Hundreds of surfers looking like bugs from here!  There are […]

I really needed this. Thanks to my cousin, DeVilliers, I got my backside out on a trail!  First we just took a tour around the reserve and stopped where the shops and restaurant are located. The view from there is spectacular! When you look up the west coast of False Bay, it feels like you […]

Most people, especially us Americans, think that The Cape of Good Hope is at the very bottom of Africa. Wrong. That would be Cape Agulhas. You’ve never heard of that one, I bet.  Hangklip and Agulhas are both farther South. There’s not much there.  In this closeup of the Cape Peninsula, the body of water […]

Hiked up to my favorite little house on the mountain this morning. I had my MapMyHike app running. Just 6 miles but lots of UP! I wore myself out is a really good way. Then, of course, a stop at Nourished! That’s Natasha… And here’s Alfred.  Always smiling he is. Makes me feel good just […]

Today. Thursday, the 13th of July I’m changing my ways, again. My body and mind need to get it together.  Both are not where I want them to be. I have to begin eating like an adult, not a Thru Hiker! 0732  Looks like a pretty good day out there to get crackin’! It’s 14C […]

This is the paddle board I own. An NSP Elements, 10′ 2″ long. Lots of volume.  It’s great fun out on a lake. I can actually put a small beach chair on it and float around reading a book! The paddling is great for my core strength.  I should have left it at that.  I […]