Down by the sea…

Ahhhhhh. Jacobsbaai was nice. Really nice. A good bit of fun, sun, sleep, settlers, r/c, walks and family time. Just what the doctor ordered. Despite a miserable drive out of CT-traffic, the weekend seemed to slow – characteristically west-coast time – as we spent the first night trying to introduce the senior R-G’s to Settlers. Jan took the game with flair and finesse, and we collapsed to sleep.

Saturday was spent lazily, with the Wild Dagger leaving it’s mark on the nearby terrain. Kite flying, frisbee-flipping, an afternoon braai, a walk down a beautiful beach, some earnest scorpion hunting (after discovering a few large guys in the path) and a magnificent sunset almost completed a perfect day. What was missing you ask? The game of Settlers that we played of course! Some concepts appeared to have taken root, but it was well after midnight before I claimed by victory. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet pulled all the photos of the kites, scorpions etc off the video, but they will follow shortly.

Sunday was a slow clean-up, and then a lunch in Langebaan, before visiting the Geelbek reserve to see the flowers. Just since two weeks ago they’ve improved, and are simply spectacular. All in all, a really wonderful weekend with (almost all of) my family – too bad Adin is lurking in Edinburgh.