A Rainy Day

Overnight we had a hard rain and today it rained off and on most of the day.  We birded the Coastal Highway and Strandfontine again.  I believe we only added one new species—Common Waxwing—picture posted earlier.  That should bring our total to date to 139.  Most of our morning was spent trying to find the Nikon repair facility in Cape Town.  Directions were very difficult and one must admire Kim for his cool as he tried to find the place in rain and heavy traffic with both Mike and I talking to him.  Cindy’s camera has been inoperable the last few days and she had been using my spare camera and Kim’s new 100-400 lens until we could get some help with her camera.  Fortunately, they were able to make a simple repair and now she is back in action with her camera.   After that we headed back to Jack’s Café, a place we have come to like out near the Stoney Point Penguin preserve.  I had left my yeti there a couple of days ago and was happy to retrieve it.  We had a nice lunch with great internet service and then Kim took us back to where we are staying by mid-afternoon.  He went back to the airport to get our final rental van and pick up the last two members of our group arriving tonight.  So tomorrow the REAL tour begins, so I wanted to catch up tonight because we will be leaving early and arriving back tired.