Transfer to Cape Town

We have been transferred to Cape Town for the next 6 months.  We will still 

travel to Namibia, Botswana, and Ethiopia.  It's about a 13 hour drive so

we took it in two days and saw some interesting country.

Kimberly is the home of South Africa's flamingo colony.  There were
hundreds there and later in the year there will be thousands.

They are very organized and orderly.  First the entire group moved to the left,
following their leader.

Then they did an about face and all moved back to their original spot.

When they tired of that routine, they began to take flight but in a very systematic
manner.  The ones at the front took off, then a few more, and then a few more.
The ones in the back just had to wait their turn.

It was an incredible sight as the air filled with flamingos.

Kimberly also has the largest diamond mine but it was not too spectacular to view.

As we approached Cape Town, we drove through miles and miles of wine country.  Rows and
rows of grapes.  Absolutely beautiful.

Susan said, "I could live here.  This is my kind of country."  Usually that is Dad's line.

A view of our new home.  We are in one of those tall apartment buildings right by the beach.

We were welcomed by Mommy and Daddy pigeon
on our balcony.  

At first we were going to discourage them from staying
on our deck and then we noticed Mommy was being
strangely protective.

And there, right behind the gas canister were two eggs.  They
were going to come and paint the balcony for us but we
asked if they could wait until the babies come.   They looked
at us like we were crazy.

And this would be our view from the balcony.  We literally can walk across the street to the ocean.
Pretty spoiled for missionaries.  

This is Table Mountain.  It is the landmark that the boats look for as they arrive at the
Cape Town harbor.

Just a beautiful sight as we were driving to Hermanus.  That is the whale watching capital of
the world.  We spent a Saturday enjoying a beautiful drive along the coast line.

We first spotted a whale's tail sticking up in the ocean.

I caught one blowing its top.

They were a bit lazy today and didn't do any leaps for
us but at least we can say we saw live whales.  Woo-hoo!

On the way home we stopped to see a penguin colony.  Africa is amazing.  We've gone from
elephants and giraffes to whales and penguins.

Mom and baby.

This is a yearling penguin.

The water was quite rough today so not very many were
swimming.  These fellows look like they are tempted but
not quite sure.

Our new location.  Our apartment is in the middle-sized gold building next to the tall blue
one on the right side of the picture.