We now have a car, a Honda Jazz (the S. African name for the Fit), and a lease on the beach house, with move set for Sept. 15.  Yay!  The business end of moving is almost completed!

On Sunday, we had a lovely lunch with two members of the Cape Town Unitarians, who helped us understand the group's more recent history, and then headed up the N1 and into the mountains, guided by a map our Honda dealer drew for us.  There were downpours the day before, and we were looking explicitly for waterfalls; but we got much more--many beautiful vistas and some excitement sloshing across a stream-covered bridge (not to mention peering over sheer drops by the roadside).

Here are some pictures.

This is where the N1 heads into a very long tunnel through the mountains.  We took the Du Toit Kloof Pass, which winds along the sides of mountains up to 840 meters and then down again (probably almost to sea level) on the other side.



















Here is Bill taking in the view.






And, below, the view from higher up, where we are skimming the clouds.

Waterfall!

Another sort of waterfall encountered on the other side of the mountains!  We did make it across, very slowly.

We came back through Bain's Pass by an even narrower road than the Du Toit, protected from topping off the edge by a row of rocks (!!).  I can't say there weren't some wide-eyed, breath-holding moments, especially when we met a car going the other way; and I nearly broke my foot leaning into the passenger-side brakes :)

But the amazing vistas we saw (even when on flat land) were worth the white-knuckling.  Below, in the distance, snow-capped mountains from the vineyards in the valley between ranges.

As we made our way out of the mountains, there were wineries everywhere.  They tell you here that you cannot possibly visit all the wineries in a year, and we're beginning to think even three years would not be long enough, even if that were all we were doing.