Road Trip Day 54. Through Mossel Bay to Jongensfontein

We woke early to be able to do a load of washing and still leave at 10. It was drizzling and overcast so we opted for the tumble dryer method.
We wanted to stop at Mossel Bay and look around. We took a turn-off that said Mossel Bay but saw a shopping mall almost immediately and went in as we had to buy groceries. First a stop at Mugg and Bean and then Brian wanted a statement from the bank. I saw the best idea for bank queues in Langeberg Mall branch of the Standard Bank (which actually turned out to be in Hartenboss rather than Mossel Bay)

A barrier made of the usual barrier stands and tape interspersed with stools to sit on. 

When we finally did get to Mossel Bay,

We went to see the Diaz complex including the Post Office Tree.

Then we went into the Maritime museum and saw the reproduction of a caravel like the one Bartholomew Diaz sailed in. It is a life-size model which was made in Portugal and it sailed from Lisbon to Mossel Bay in 1988 to mark the 500th anniversary of Diaz's landing.

There was also a model in icing sugar!

We moved from Mossel  Bay and arrived at Jongensfontein caravan park just after the office had closed, so we selected a site intending to pay this morning. It is a beautiful place and we will be staying here four nights.

My internet ran out last night. I've bought more but I'm going to be sparing until the end of the month so I won't post another entry until we get to Montague.

This morning when we went to pay, we found out that somebody else had booked the site from today  so we had to move - but only to the site next door!

By the time we'd moved, had breakfast and settled again it was almost lunch time so we went for a short ride on our bikes (not much more than the distance from our cottage to our gate at home) to a pub-type restaurant where we had some lunch.

Later we explored by foot, following a beautifully maintained path along the sea. The scenery continues to be stunning.

There is a lot of red in the rocks (iron rich?) and dassies were sunning themselves on the rocks.

One was particularly brave and came quite close to investigate us.

I think we are going to have a lovely relaxing time here. There's a tidal pool, beach walks and of course I have books on my kindle.

The owners make no bones about the fact that they are Christians.

There is a large white cross on the beach and behind the toilet doors, instead of graffiti, are scripture verses on different coloured wooden plaques.