korannaberg adventures

The Korannaberg(-mountain) near our town, 

is a nature lover’s playground, 

with extensive grasslands on the mountain plateau and 

lush valley forests in several areas.

Indigenous animal wild life roam the grasslands freely.

We passed some zebra.

The striking pattern of stripes of the zebras is different in each animal.

The road to our destination took us across 

an exciting 4×4 off-road route called "Widow's Hill".

It curls and turns like a mad snake...

...loose stones and pieces of sandstone rock ... like riding on marbles ... 

Casper (3rd son) is driving a 4x4 for the first time
with "co-pilot", dad Henk, at his side giving advice.
Nina, our daughter, on the backseat...

Henri, our oldest son, was enjoying the view from the back of the vehicle. 

We headed to "Holkrans" (meaning "hollow cave")

an overhanging cave - this was our overnight "room"!!

The cave is surrounded by aged old trees and plants 

and is secluded by a waterfall!

Can you see the waterfall at Nina's back?

No electricity or cellphone reception - we built a big campfire...

...we talked, told jokes, made music and sang till late with

guitar and African drums - magic !!!

Hammocks were rented to experience the real outdoors!

While Nina was looking where to hang her hammock, Casper was already trying to get 'the hang of things'!

 We kept the fire going all night and morning arrived
with the smell of Henk's bacon and eggs for breakfast.

We decided to eat the watermelon back home, but...

the children dropped it whilst carrying it back to the vehicle.
That initiated a "big time" watermelon fight!!

Nina, Barend and Annelize(a friend).

A perfect end to a perfect day!

Did YOU ever participate in a watermelon fight?

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it's raining again!

the heaven opened,

the rain came down in buckets,

mixed with hail. 

It looks like nighttime at 5pm!

(the sun is setting at 6.45pm at the moment)

It was so dark that the night-time lights came on. My whole garden was covered with a hail blanket, but I couldn't take more photos, because... the water was also streaming into our house!!

normally we have our first rain of the season

in september,
but it was really dry, 

until tuesday...

Can you see where the pond is and where the garden begins? Just follow the stones!

ponds (photo above)

and parts of my garden (photo below)

were overflowing

then... the storm has passed

and the sun is setting in the west.

the streams of water

makes our whole community 
(especially the farmers!)
smiling. 
☺

we are so-o-o blessed...

The tower on the right-hand side, is our beautiful sandstone Church. 

(It's built from the same stones that is used in many gardens in our town - see stones on the left of the picture )

I'm having 8-10 glasses water a day ... 

reminds me of the Living Waters...

- cheers - 

have a wonderful week!!

(Textcredit for last part: Willem Lötter)

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