Daily Photo – Outside Oudtshoorn
This image reminds me of the photo I posted of the Kingston Range. On that post I included a poem by Thomas Hardy. Hardy also wrote a poem about the Karoo:
Daily Photo – Isandlwana from Rorke’s Drift
On one of these vacations I determined to drive to Rorke's Drift which lies broadly between Johannesburg and Durban. Like driving in New England, the names of the cities are familiar but there in the wrong order. So on this trip I passed through Newcastle, skirted Glencoe and then drove through Dundee.
Daily Photo – Campbell
I'd been humming along the dirt road that runs through the lower part of the frame when suddenly the hood (bonnet) of my Hilux just lifted up and crashed back into the windshield! I was stunned. Stunned and blinded. Where was the road?
Daily Photo – Taung Sunset
Taung Sunset
With the near daily storms that passed in the afternoons, we were often treated to wonderful sunsets like this one. The sun has just dipped below the horizon behind the stand of trees, illuminating the clouds from below with a fiery red glow.
Daily Photo – Above Glen Prosen
As I recall, this was a view to the east across the Angus Glens. I think the glen running through this image is Glen Clova.
Daily Photo – Just Plain Gravel!
What this photo actually shows is a stretch of the Libyan-Algerian border about 90 miles (140 km) south of Ghadames. Libya is on the left, Algeria is to the right, as if you couldn't tell for yourself!