Wednesday, June 30
Addo, RSA
After we slept in this morning (to help our bodies get over our raging colds), we checked out and ate breakfast at the Main Camp’s restaurant. The goal was to drive back to Cape Town, with an overnight somewhere in the middle, via the famous Garden Route. We needed to get down to PE (Port Elizabeth) to get back onto the N2. We decided to drive through the Addo Park instead of taking teensy Route 335 next to it, to get to PE.
We saw some more warthogs and then we had another amazing elephant experience. An entire elephant family was near our trail and we had stopped to watch for a moment when, collectively, they decided the grass was greener on the other side of us. They crossed all around us, dozens of them, of all ages. And then stopped just to the other side of us. Their eyes seem to look right at you and it feels like they are communicating with you.
We crossed over the public road that cuts through the northern and southern parts of the park and drove the entire length of the southern half. We didn’t see any animals in there except zebras. We were out of the reserve and onto the N2 by 11am. We were sad to leave Addo and the elephants, but we were also loving our road trip and exploring South Africa. We felt we were on quite the adventure!
These ones walked around like a cellphone signal ad:
There’s a trunk in our trunk!
He was so happy! Trotty McTrotterson!
This little guy was right next to Jeannette:
This mama realized she was left behind and came towards us to join up with the rest of the group. We didn’t know if she was going to go AROUND us or not…
The landscape in the southern half was dramatically different – you could tell how much closer to the coast we were. (Zebras!):
Stadium in PE from the Highway as we were speeding past:
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