Silvermine Nature Preserve

Now that we're back in Cape Town, the challenge is to find things to keep ourselves occupied. We are, in a real sense, on vacation for three months. This is both wonderfully freeing (from the day-to-day grind of a family with both parents working full-time) and kind of challenging (what do you do with yourself when you don't have a routine to fill up most of your time?). We don't have unlimited resources, so we've got to budget our money and our time. We have done most of the big things to do in and around Cape Town (Table Mountain, Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Gardens, etc.), so we decided to see what else there is to do. Right behind the village where we live is the Silvermine Nature Preserve with includes much of the Table Mountain National Park. It is covered with fynbos, the low scrubby plants that thrive in this climate. Here are some pics of our hike up the Silvermine River to the Silvermine Reservoir.

Brooke and Sophia at a pond.

Benjamin with Table Bay in the background.

Marin exploring some beautiful Protea specimens (South Africa's national flower).