A Nice Sunday Outing

Yesterday we went with the dogs to Kaapsehoop, about 30 km from Nelspruit. It is a small village in an area that used to be a mining town about 100 years ago. There are some ruins of old houses from the mining period, but the most fascinating remnant is the wild horses. They have no owner, no stables and they have been breeding for a very long time. The total number is probably at least 50 could be more...

Kaapsehoop also has some really interesting geological features. There are big rocks that looks as if they have grown out of the ground, just like mushrooms! After a walk around these beautiful rocks, we found a nice spot in the shade under a big tree, where we had a small picnic. The dogs were calm and a bit tired after the walk in the hot sun. We sat down on a blanket with a beer etc.

Just after a few minutes a herd of horses came up to us, very curious, especially about the dogs! The wild horses seem to be quite tame and used to people. We where a bit anxious that there would be a confrontation between our dogs and the horses, but no...!

The pictures show how nice it was. Both Rufus and Diva actually had nose-to-nose contact with the little horse, and the dogs didn't bark a SINGLE time!!!

A laughing horse!

Late afternoon we found a baby squirrel again... We will try to rescue it... We were not successful with Freddie, but we try again...