Daily Photo – Shattered Windshield
Whomp! I hit the cow pretty much dead center. It's legs bucked and it's body rolled up the hood and into the windshield. I saw it all in slow motion, not the split second it actually took.
Daily Photo – Matla Power Station
I took this shot of the Matla Power Station just after sunset when we were camped at Trichardt, about 80 miles east-southeast of Johannesburg along the N17.
Daily Photo – Meisho Maru No. 38
At 3:00 am on the morning of November 16, 1982, the crew of the Meisho Maru No. 38 issued an emergency call for help. Their ship had run aground about 1.5 km west of Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point in Africa.
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 – Port Elizabeth Anglers
What I find curious now though, is the dude in the sports coat and jeans. I'm guessing the waves crash against the rocks sending spray over the anglers. If that was the case, then I think Mr. Blue Jacket was tempting fate!
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.