So nice of you to pop in...
I am super excited to share these photos with you lovelies. This past weekend was really exciting!
♥DAY ONE: FRIDAY♥
We had so much snow covering our mountains, it looked like we were in a different country! It was breathtakingly beautiful. I was on the way to take my kids to school, but rushed home to fetch my camera! (naughty!) Dropped the kids off and set off on my mission! The sky was clear but I knew rain was on the way and I wanted to beat it! (seems like a lot of people had the same idea!).
After some somewhat dismal attempts I zoomed off to our local nature reserve to see if I could get some better shots. It was freezing! When I Say freezing, I mean so cold that as I walked up the mountain my nose was going numb and my hands were freezing to my camera!
It was good I went when I did, as a mere two hours later the rain came and the clouds covered the glorious view! Very guiltily I realized I had used up two hours of what was supposed to be packing and getting ready as we were going away after the kids finished school! The rest of the day was a mad rushed blur- shopping, ironing, packing, quick cleaning, sorting. Finally we left (much later than intended)
We got to our destination at roughly 7:30pm. Yzerfontein. Along the West Coast of South Africa.
I have never been up the West Coast, so it was something new for me (and our kids) although hubby has been that way quite a few times for work. We stayed at the municipal caravan park. We got there after dark, so really couldn't see much of anything.
It was raining and cold and fortunately we had decided to leave our big tent behind as we knew we would out and about for most of the time over the weekend.
So it was just a matter of sorting out inside the caravan. Made the Beds, cups of tea, a bit of reading and then it was lights out.
::Caravan holidays are my favorite times. If I could take all my best memories- It would be to take all our caravan weekends and holidays, roll them all into one book and say "There! These are my best memories!" There is just something comforting, cozy, homely, nostalgic and magical about camping. I still remember our first caravan trip my daughter was only just on two. So it's been a good 8 years now::
♥DAY TWO: SATURDAY♥
Prologue...During the week, I decided to made covers for the cushions in the caravan. I used a duvet cover that a friend of mine bought for me a couple of years ago, but never really utilized due to the large sizing! It was just enough to make the 4 cushion covers (with zips from the old covers!) quickly and easily. I did it over the course of two mornings.
So here are some photo's of them...
Made some little patchwork cushions too.
Yzerfontein is a little coastal town. I love coastal town's. I love the sea, swimming in the sea, beach combing, I love the sound of the waves, the smell of the salty air. I just love it all. We live very near to the sea ourselves, only about a 10 minute drive, so it seems quite odd that I should find holidaying near the sea such a treat! But yet I do!
Anyway...the night was quite odd. The rain continued unabated and the wind lashed on relentlessly which made the sound of the crashing waves just the other side of the dune we were nicely sheltered behind, sound even louder! I woke up a few times, being unaccustomed to the noise!
Funny that I woke up at 6am, my usual week-day time! Very annoyed with myself and willing sleep to take over again! But the seagulls and other bird life would hear nothing of it!
After a lovely hot shower in some very clean and well-maintained ablutions, hubby made a delicious breakfast as is our usual holiday tradition. Eggs, bacon, tomato, and of course a strong cup of filter coffee!
mmmmm . No morning is complete without coffee...
mmm...smell that bacon? It was g-g-g-g-goood!!
Stay tuned tomorrow for the second part of my trip, which includes the wild flowers we saw (absolutely stunning)...Join me tomorrow won't you?
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2 comments:
Methinks bacon and eggs for tomorrow morning. Looks g-g-g-great! lol
Hi Bonnie
Wow you got such stunning pics of the snow. I missed it as Connor had a school outing to the nature reserve funny enough. But by then the clouds were already coming over. By the way I love the blanket you made, such stunning colours. Very beautiful.
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