38.07 South Africa: The Drakensberg, Sentinel. "We felt the earth move beneath our feet."
The easy beginning from the car park viewed from above. Jen walking toward the Sentinel before getting close to its top. (Unfortunately, the powers that be have decided to pave the trail, not ideal. You'd think they'd pave the road to the trailhead instead so that people could reach it. What do we know?) The weather is and was consistent for some of the period we spent in the Drakensberg, the day of our Sentinel hike fitting the pattern only too well. The sun would ‘awake’ at 4:40am, warm the region and provide early, soft lighting to enhance the beauty of the mountains, lakes and flora, even further. Early afternoon would see the build-up of clouds followed by lightning and thunder but not always culminating in rain. The wind would arise quickly and provide an eerie feeling and portend the coming of a vicious storm. Fortunately, on many of the days, this show fizzled out and the promise of always-needed rain failed to materialize. Jen read the weather reports ea...