Wednesday Walkabout

Our dear friends, Ruth and Tim Cockbain have a regular weekly practice of going on a "walkaout" every Wednesday. That could be a hike into any one of th many beautiful back-country spots here in the Port Alfred area, or along many of the pristine beaches, or maybe a visit to a museum, game reserve, etc. Last week, they invited us to spend the morning hiking the vast beaches south of the Riet River mouth. The beach is quite flat and several hundred yards wide, bordered by immense sand dunes, and punctuated by three huge rock outcroppings that jut out into the ocean called the Three Sisters. Tim and I climed to th top of one of the "Sisters" for a specutacular view of this magnificent shoreline . As we all climd around the front side of one of the Sisters at low tide, at a time when we tought we'd be safe, a couple of waves caught us by surprise and absolutely drenched us. Later we found a warm spot out of the wind to dry off and have a light lunch. We then made the long hike back befor the entire beach was reclaimed by the rising tide. What a day!

Pictures below: Dian through the hole in the rock drying off; Just befor we were all drenched by an unexpected wave; Dian with our good friend, Ruth Cockbain (our Relief Society President), and those majestic sand dunes.