At times the clouds flow over the mountains, but not this time.
This time, the clouds decided to go across the face of the mountains.
For a change the wind behaved, and the clouds cruised past halfway down the mountain face, in slow motion. I love to see the constant changes of the mountain sights, as the clouds always deliver some beautiful views. The biggest mountain that we had, when we lived up north in the country, was called the Magaliesberg mountains, but they were the size of a hill compared to these mountains down south. We have several mountain ranges down here and we plan to visit all of them.
Come and see.
This was where I was standing to take the pictures with my camera on zoom.
The following pictures are closeups of the mountain range. There was still some sea mist in the air, but not so bad that we couldn't see a clear outline of the mountains.
This separate piece of mountain here below, is where our signal towers are planted at the top.
Here below you can dimly see the signal towers.
And I leave you with a twin palms shot. Amazingly, there is a suburb here that is called Twin Palms.
The mountain range that you see here is called the Hottentots-Holland Mountain range. It has a very long history and can tell some interesting tales about the struggle by the early settlers to cross the mountain with their ox-wagons. By now you know that I love the mountains as they give me a great sense of peace when I am near them.
So be it as they say.
An interesting book to read about the mountains is, A Guide to the Helderberg & Hottentots Holland Mountain Rim: Mountains, Trails, History, Legends, Caves, Rock Art and Rock Climbs. By Steve Chadwick (2022).
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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