Day 107

Sooooo sleepy, after SUCH a wonderful day! I woke up to a little knock on my door. Not sure if it was an actual knock, or if it was the noise from my dream, I rolled over and turned on my laptop to see the time. Before it loaded, the knock came again. I answered, and in wandered Josh, telling me we were leaving at 8. He left my room, I got out of bed, and I noticed it was 7:34. I was about to get ready in record timing.

I showered, did my make up and everything, and was ready by 8:02. - Which is not bad for me - I went out to grab a yogurt, and to my surprise everyone was still at the breakfast table. I sat down to join them, and after they were all finished and ready, we headed out.

We dropped Heloise off in Cape Town, and the rest of us went to Table Mountain. - Heloise isn't a huge fan of cable cars and such, so she decided to go shopping instead - When we arrived at the mountain it was "heaving" aka busy. Tim had already booked our tickets for the cable car, so we only had to wait in one line. Which was lucky for me, cuz if that wasn't the case, I am almost positive Tim would have told us we weren't waiting to go up. He dropped us near the line, and went to park. The wait was much shorter than anyone expected. We moved along quickly, and were near the front by the time we saw Tim waiting at the bottom of the stairs. Josh ran down to give him his ticket so that they'd let him up, but then the two of them got stuck at the bottom because none of the tourists would let them through. I guess they thought they were cutting the line. Nathaniel, Zach and I, stood to the side by the elevators, and waited for them to reach us. When they did, we filed into the elevator, aggravating some people that didn't know what happened I am sure...and then, instead of going up...the guy directing people, sent us down by accident. We then had to wait at the bottom for a while, until someone ran up to tell him, so that he'd send another elevator down to get us.

When we finally arrived at the top, we waited in line for the cable car. We had a fruit stick, and I put some sunscreen on my arms, and chest. I thought I'd do my face in the gondola...but once I stepped onto that thing...I couldn't put my camera down long enough. I forgot about it until I felt my face burning much later in the afternoon. Oops!

When we arrived at the top of the mountain, I had to stop in my tracks. AMAZING! How do you describe something so beautiful? I wish I could do it justice, but I can't. I looked around, and took some pics. I saw some people doing something called ab gliding or something...They roped themselves up, and began scaling down the side of the mountain which is pretty much a cliff. An amazing experience I am sure, but not one I'd be able to do. I did however, want to go paragliding. That didn't happen though. We walked around and I couldn't stop taking pictures. We decided we would do a loop, so we started walking towards the other side of the mountain. It began taking longer than Tim expected, and we couldn't see where the path turned so he ran ahead to check things out. The boys and I sat on a rock and waited. It was then that I came to the conclusion, this was my favourite place in the world! (That I've seen at least). I made the boys be quiet for a good 5 minutes...I'm not sure how, but I did it :p I told them it was the quiet competition. Zach lost pretty much right away, but eventually we got silence. You looked out over this amazing mountain, only to see sky, more mountains, water, and the city below. No one else was around, and the only sound you heard was a fly that went by. It was incredible. I couldn't get over it. I didn't want to leave. Tim came back huffing and puffing, and hadn't really found the answer to his question. We continued on anyway. He had to carry Zach on his shoulders...which I am sure was not an easy task.

I'm not sure how far we walked, but we were out there for quite a few hours. It didn't feel like it though. I was loving every minute of it. Even though I was in flip flops, and scuffed my toes on some huge rocks a few times, nothing could take the smile off of my face. I decided I could easily live in a house on the top of a mountain. Everything about it was gorgeous. I hopped from rock to rock, eventually my camera died, but as usual I would turn it on and quickly snap a shot before it decided to die again. We were very close to the edge on the way back to the gondola, and it made Tim a little uneasy. I was nervous at a couple of points, but for the most part I was left admiring the quiet and the views. When I stopped to take the pics, or the video with Josh's camera, the boys went ahead with Tim, so it was literally me, and my thoughts. AWESOME! Eventually we got back to the side with the gondolas. The line up for the exit was crazy long, but just as I thought, it moved rather quickly. Tim bought the boys some ice cream, but of course the flavours weren't good enough so I ate one (Damn), and Tim had to have one and a half. He then had to buy more food to help the boys get through the line.

It was sad to ride down as I knew the chances of me being back there ever, are very slim. I enjoyed the views anyway. When we got to the bottom, Tim went to get the car. The boys and I waited around and talked until he showed up. By this time, we were about 2-3 hours late for Heloise. Oops! Luckily Tim had called to tell her. When we arrived to pick her up, she had gone shopping for picnic foods. We therefore drove to the gardens where the Christmas caroling was held, and we sat on a bench to enjoy lunch together. When we finished, we grabbed a drink from the cafe, and then took a stroll around the very pretty gardens. Everyone was pretty exhausted by this point though, so we didn't hang around too long.

We got back to the car, and it wasn't long after that I was sound asleep. We approached Paarl and I woke up. It was so nice to have a peaceful sleep, and not feel guilty about doing it in the car, because I had already seen everything thing we were driving past, on previous trips. We arrived home and the boys went for a swim. I came online. Tim ordered pizza for the boys and I, and we spoke to my Uncle, Aunt, and cousins on Skype. The pizza arrived, we ate and then I got the boys their dessert as Heloise and Tim headed out the door for a dinner together.

After dessert, the boys and I downloaded some of Josh's videos, and then we went upstairs where I read part of Harry Potter to them. They went to bed easily. I didn't hear another peep from them - aside from when Josh asked if he could brush his teeth - I came downstairs, got ready, and did my work out. I didn't find it hard today, breath wise, but my knee was bothering me. Not wanting to over do it, I ran for about 20 minutes and walked for about the same. I then did some weights, and my crunches, and came into my room for a shower. When I finished getting ready for bed, I logged onto the internet and checked my e-mails etc. Heloise and Tim got home a couple of hours later, so I went out to speak with them and say good night, and then returned to finish my conversations, and write this. Now I've accomplished all of that, I will see if I can stay awake long enough to upload today's pictures, and then I will be fast asleep, awaiting tomorrow's adventure.

Not sure anything can take over my new found love of mountain climbing...but we'll see. I'm open to change. Good Night xx