Some needed R&R...P-Day at Cape Auglhalas'

Longest white sand beach in the world.....17 miles

Look out for the sharks.....only get your feet wet.

I can't believe I finally made it here.

One of the two oldest lighthouses in the world.

The day seem to never get started. We had arranged to go to Hermanus to inspect the elders apartment and also buy some large decorating pots for the mission office, therefore is was necessary to take the mission van, in order to bring back the pots....they are huge. We stopped to buy the pots first and found a perfect matching pair. There was a small cafe there so we had some lunch. On to see the elders and then started our journey to Cape Auglhalas'. We drove and drove and drove. And there was almost nothing to see. At one point we saw two baboon's running across the road. One looked like a baby. I wanted Elder Henderson to stop but it wouldn't even slow down.....I was not a happy camper. Finally we were getting close, it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive.....forever! Then Elder Henderson saw a dirt road that he wanted to explore. At one point we stopped the van for fear me might get stuck in the sand. From there we traveled on foot. Then we came upon the most beautiful white sand beach you have ever seen in your life. The sand felt like powered sugar or flour. We hiked quite a ways to get to the water. Later as we were having dinner a resident told us it was the longest white sand beach in the world, 17 miles. I could have stayed there all day. As we were driving into the town we noticed something peculiar...there were no bars on the windows and doors and no rod iron gates. What a change from where we are living. We made it to the point by 4:45pm but because we went there first instead of the lighthouse we missed getting to go in the lighthouse as it closed at 5pm. Darn! We had some fish and chips and headed home. Again we saw some baboons and Elder Henderson would not stop, grrrrrr! Later we found out that they are very dangerous and had we stopped they may have attacked the van and could have even busted out the windshield if they saw food inside our vehicle. I had to repent of my anger and tell Elder Henderson I was sorry. More than anything I want to see some real live animals....maybe someday. We didn't get home until about 10pm....what a very loooong day! We slept all Sunday afternoon to catch up.