Thursday Afternoon, March 8

This was a great place for lunch.

Choosing our pancakes – which were similar to crepes and were filled with almost anything you can think of.

This one appears to be filled with meat

A dessert pancake

These guys were trying to sell things to customers.

Then we were on our way to God’s Window – which is also part of the Blyde River Canyon.

Lilies were everywhere.

Steps to God’s Window

The platform at God’s Window

It was a beautiful view

After soaking in that view, we kept climbing to the Rain Forest area.

I had trouble keeping up with everyone because I just wanted to stop and soak in the beauty – and take pictures.

Someone told me that a genet (cat) had just gone into the underbrush. I found it, but could not get a good picture because of all the undergrowth.

I found this picture of a genet on the Internet.

Moving on and upward.

By this time everyone was far ahead of me.

There they are – at the top

There wasn’t room for us on the rock, so we stood in front of them. 🙂

Ian

Josh, Jared, Ian, Jana, Jesse

Jana

I love scenery of every kind – but if I had to chose a favorite, it would be a rain forest.

It was time to head down the mountain.

When we got back to the parking lot, we were amused by this monkey looking for food in a trash can.

Our drummer boy (Ian) chose a drum for a souvenir.

This area had a great variety of local crafts.

I was fascinated with this lady’s pretty head dress.

Shortly after we left here, we drove through a downpour – creating a pretty rainbow.

I’ll show that to you tomorrow.