fly by the seat of your pants

this is how we have decided to experiecnce s.a. cape town was a bit of a whirlwind,we rented a car- krista is driver, i'm naviagator a switch from the norm) only one minor incident involving a hubcab and the curve... then off to the pennisula and table mountain reserve (cape of good hope!) stunning, haven't seen views so amazing since the carribean... but this was way better. someday i'll post pics. we stopped by for a brief penguin visit (terribly cute) and then spent the rest of the day driving to wilderness. that's the town. it took maybe 5-6 hrs, through the most incredible shifting scenery. i haven't found the words to describe it yet. but i will soon. we spent the night at a hostel in the mountains by the beach and awoke for a lovely breakfast (we eat the same thing every day, lovingly prepared by krista -oatmeal & fruit, i only have instant coffee here, sans the occasional latte break- the boys who work there are a trip, today they called me princess, i mean how did they know?!) we drove to knysa for a 4 hour adventure (more later) then on to outdshoorn- through more mountains, like i've never seen. i am very thrilled about this place. our hostel is lovely, there are however rolling brownouts that add to the adventure here and lots of wine (from woolworth's, where we do most grocery shopping....odd) help pass the dark moments. tomorrow we're off to the caves here and possibly petting cheetahs, maybe a waterfall, and ostrich farms. we're staying here another night and then off to stellenbosch for two nights instead of one.
we couldn't ask for better weather, or scenery, people have been divine as well.
this is brief but i have to dash. love to all. happy thanksgiving- i forget its this week, right?