On the Road again! After an 8 AM start we headed South and slightly West toward Pretoria. We worked our encountered some beautiful farm land and climbed up the East Drakensberg Mountains. The Drakensberg Range provided rugged scenery, endless forests, cool streams and impressive waterfalls. It looks similar to rugged BC scenery except that the pine trees are all planted, so there are nice neat rows. 
We also viewed the devastating effects of last year’s forest fires.
Our first stop was at Wonder view
about 100 M up the road from God’s Window – the same view but we avoided the steep walk. Next stop about 30 minutes down the road was Bourke’s Luck Potholes
– which were formed by the joining of two fast flowing rivers. We had a bit of a walk down to the viewpoint but were well rewarded with the fabulous view. Next stop Blyde River Canyon
which was a gorgeous panorama view of this very large canyon. From there we drove through more rugged terrain to our lunch stop at Dullstroom.
Oh what a lunch we had in Dullstroom – we were at Harrie’s Pancakes – where we enjoyed a combination of sweet and savory crepes – totally decadent. Then we were off again to Pretoria. Here we checked into a beautiful hotel – the Sheraton Pretoria Hotel – where we had a few little glitches in checking in, but were rewarded with beautiful rooms with lovely views of the government buildings across the street.
At 7 we made our way down to the dining room for yet another wonderful dinner and wine in celebration of Pete’s (Pierrette’s) birthday. All were really ready for time to get to bed early, or to start reorganizing bags for the trip home. Tomorrow is another full day of touring.
We also viewed the devastating effects of last year’s forest fires.Our first stop was at Wonder view
about 100 M up the road from God’s Window – the same view but we avoided the steep walk. Next stop about 30 minutes down the road was Bourke’s Luck Potholes – which were formed by the joining of two fast flowing rivers. We had a bit of a walk down to the viewpoint but were well rewarded with the fabulous view. Next stop Blyde River Canyon which was a gorgeous panorama view of this very large canyon. From there we drove through more rugged terrain to our lunch stop at Dullstroom.Oh what a lunch we had in Dullstroom – we were at Harrie’s Pancakes – where we enjoyed a combination of sweet and savory crepes – totally decadent. Then we were off again to Pretoria. Here we checked into a beautiful hotel – the Sheraton Pretoria Hotel – where we had a few little glitches in checking in, but were rewarded with beautiful rooms with lovely views of the government buildings across the street.
At 7 we made our way down to the dining room for yet another wonderful dinner and wine in celebration of Pete’s (Pierrette’s) birthday. All were really ready for time to get to bed early, or to start reorganizing bags for the trip home. Tomorrow is another full day of touring.
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