Animal days

Yesterday was a "day at leisure" and with one gastro and one funny tummy and 2people off to Sedgefield to visit relatives, we had just that. Dick and I and John walked down into the town to do some shopping, etc and then walked back and then relaxed with the rest. In the afternoon we set off to the Kango Wildlife Ranch to do some animals.Our guide Ronny was really funny and witty and made the outing interesting. We saw little antelope and colourful fish from Malawi and funny birds from South America with little peacock blue bibs and continuously flapping wings. Looked like a seriously nervous habit but apparently it served a purpose. My Dad would not have kept one of them as a pet because he could not stand anything vaguely resembling fidgeting.
Then there was big fat and flat Nile crocs. They are scary ancient beings. Two young Brazilian guys did a cage dive in the pool, however they did not really get much reaction from the crocs. Clearly too skinny, the guys, I mean.
After all the water weardies we went to the cats. This was the thing that Mary wanted to do.She is such a fun person and so game to do anything and everything and she wanted to touch and stroke  the Cheetahs, so after the tour that is exactly what she did. She went into the camps, obviously with a guide and Dick as the cameraman. It is not really something I would have thought of doing, but to see the joy and absolute sense of WOW in somebody else's joy is well worth it. It has always been a desire of her so stroke a Cheetah and there was the opportunity to stroke adult and baby Cheetahs, as well as a tiger cubs and now she has the photos and the T-shirt as proof.
Today we set off over the Outeniqua mountains, through George to Knysna where we spent sometime stocking up, absorbing the scenery and having lunch at the Eastern head. From there we were off to the Knysna Elephant park and what an experience to walk with the Elephant, talk to the Elephant , touch the Elephant and for 2 of our party even ride the Elephant. Like touching Cheetahs, riding an African elephant was on Mary's bucket list and Ann decided to do the same. Well so they did and what fun they had. The pics and the DVD that they got, as in had to buy. will tell all. Again not something on my "bucket list" but what joy it brings to share in somebody else's dreams and to just become part of it.
Tonight we are in one of my favourite camp sites at the Storms river mouth. It is awesome!!You are just about on the rocks and it is a place of beauty beyond description and luckily we are here for 2 nights. The night is clear and with any luck we will see plenty stars .