October 27, Heading Southwest to Graaf-Reinet

Thought we might have a longer day of driving today, but we arrived at our destination just before noon.  Our wonderful hostess at our luxurious guest house (Queen Manor Boutique) in Graaf-Reinet got us settled in right away, told us where we should go to lunch (great recommendation), and then we headed off to Camdeboo National Park - just a 5 or 10 minute drive away.  We spent a very fun and exciting 3 hours there, viewing a couple new birds and several new mammals.  There were birds and mammals everywhere!  We'll return there tomorrow morning about 6:00 and try for some of the birds that have continued to evade us.  Graaf-Reinet is one of the nicest towns we've visited so far - and we had no worries walking the half-mile to the restaurant our guest house hostess recommended for dinner.  WONDERFUL dinner; lamb shank for me that melted in your mouth, and a trio of meat fillets (beef, ostrich, springbok) for Tom.  We made reservations for tomorrow evening.  😊   It continues to amaze us that eating out at a very nice restaurant can be so inexpensive - our total bill this evening was probably about $35, which included a bottle of very good South African wine and a tip.  Most bottles of South African wines run $6-$10 - and they're some of the best there is!

Photos are of some sort of antelope we saw on the way to Graaf-Reinet, Black-shouldered Kite, a monitor lizard that is about 3' long,  our "mystery" Scrub Robin - Kalahari or Karoo, mountain zebras, Karoo Korhaan,  Rock Kestrel, Ostrich family, Red Hartebeest.