Table Mountain Walk

This is the first Sunday in recent memory that I didn’t spend at least some time in church – quite sad about that, but excited about what I did do. I was invited by my host counselor to take a “walk” with him and some friends on Table Mountain. His wife and daughters were quite surprised that I said yes because they never go with him and think the walk to be a bit long/strenuous. I stayed at their house on Saturday night, so that it would be easier to get to the mountain around 7 am. We woke up quite early, around 6:20 am. I got ready and we caught a ride with one of Tony’s friends. Both Tony and his friend brought their dogs, which was nice. Tony has a sweet Yellow Lab/Retriever mix dog named Sophie. There were actually several dogs that joined us on our walk. We met about 7 or 8 other people and got started on our “walk”. I put walk before in quotes because to me it was more of a hike. For any of you that know me and know the topography of the Lowcountry of South Carolina, you know that anything slightly uphill for longer than a few minutes is a bit of a hike. It was quite a nice experience. We had great conversation and also stopped midway for a breakfast break. There was only one point that I needed to stop because it got quite steep for an extended time. I was proud of myself considering the whole walk was about 3 hours and I’m not used to this sort of exercise. During part of the walk, there were clearings through the trees and you could see the whole of Cape Town. These views were quite stunning, and I got to take some pictures. Cross that one off the bucket list – hike on Table Mountain, check!