May 29th
We had gone past so many winelands near Cape Town that we wanted to visit. One in Stellenbosch was recommened – Spier. We left early – at 6:00 in the morning. We had about 500++ kms to cover in 5 hours. It was 3 degrees and freezing out there. Managed good speeds and were at Spier by 11. Sunny day – blue skies and after tasting 5 wines – life looked good. Spier has cheetah conservation program – educating local farmers about them and breeding and rescuing cheetahs in the area. After seeing them in Tanzania, it looked sad here in captivity. We could go touch one for some time. They called it an cheetah encounter! Kids were excited - cheetah didnt care!
There were many birds of prey that were rescued and that was a better show. We went into an eagle-owl enclosure and they came and sat on my head and shoulders!
Drove back into Cape Town with sunset. Tomorrow we return home – it feels good. I always feel good about getting back home after my travels.
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