51.01 South Africa: Golden Gate National Park, Free State: PG Wodehouse, a challenge in many different ways and a snippet of life in this country.
We mention in the essay that follows at the end, we were not intending to hike on this visit. Hence, we did not bring our regular cameras and other items. Scenes are different from other parts of the world but the cameras did not appreciate them as much as we. Jenni commences the decline which is rough and dangerous. The steps in front of us are a tease. You gotta love the humor of the designer. The early part of the hike takes one to the buttress. We're not there yet, but a little side-tracked. What's new? Hard to say what caught Jen's eye but the sights are different from most, and enjoyable. We hiked Wodehouse 8.5 years ago. One thing that changed was not the land but the landlubbers (lovers). Take 8.5 years off our ages and we probably were younger then...and maybe, stronger. Actually, we would like to think the reason we found this so strenuous was because we both had not recovered fully from our recent illness. Nice try, would you say? Fro...