I went to bed at 8 oclock last night (my sleeping habits are so out of whack), woke up this morning, looked at my watch and read "7:00am." So I got up, took a shower, wondered why no one was awake yet and why it was still so dark outside, and then wandered back into my room ready to start the day. I happened to glance at Kaitlin's clock when I entered the room, it was 3:30am. Way to get a head start, Kali. I tried to go back to sleep but ended up tossing and turning until papa Will pounded on our door around the real 7am.
We piled into the bus and took trip down the coast to Cape Point/Cape of Good Hope (the closest I've ever been to Antarctica. One of these days I'll get there). It was absolutely gorgeous, ocean, sheer cliffs, untamed surf. After climbing for what seemed like hours to a lighthouse and down to the point and up to the lighthouse, we climbed down winding stairs in the hillside/cliffside to a beautiful white sand cove for lunch. After about 5 minutes in the sand, the wind decided to be uncooperative. It felt like the heavens were pouring buckets of sand on us. We all quickly relocated to the rocky hillside and sought shelter beneath the crags. Huddled together, with sweatshirt hoods pulled over our heads and bags of potato chips clutched to our chests lest they be filled with sand, we broke bread.
Josh wandered off to see the surf up close and collect sponges or something and we almost left him behind, Anika (the Segall's daughter) hid in papa Will's coat, and Kaitlin wandered off to do something, some of the highschoolers tried to play frisbee..that was about it.
The hike up was long, and exhausting. I think it's quite possible that hell is a never-ending staircase that must be climbed on a full stomach, in the cold and wind.
We piled into the bus again (we saw a Baboon!) and drove up the east side of the continent to another beach where we were told we could swim if we so desired. While Josh nearly dove in, we all ultimately decided that risking pneumonia this early in the trip was probably unwise. So we walked further down and saw penguins instead. Lots of them. They're such funny little awkward creatures.
Then we came back and I fell asleep, woke up all achy from our adventures scaling cliffs, and now a bunch of us are at an internet cafe updating our facebook statuses.
I'm going to write my paper. Now. Truly I am.
3 comments:
haha--actually, most of that last comment was for this post. The other one was good too though! Haha. But I could really picture this one. That's all. Have a great day!
I so enjoy reading about your trip... it all sounds amazing!
I'm happy to help with editing your paper. I'm really enjoying your writing. (And apparently I'm Christopher, not Christo, but whatever)
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