The weather two weekends ago was fabulous and we needed to stretch out legs outside of the Gobabeb fence, so on Saturday four of us got dropped off at a geological formation called Homeb (crazy cool silt deposits) east of the station and hiked back! We followed the river for a lot of it, then hopped up on the gravel plains that border the river to the north for easier hiking. Trudging through river sand, while pretty, takes a toll on the calves pretty quickly. With totally (un)intentional detours, the hike came out to about 23km. And here are some pictures to prove it! We were berated (and justifiably so) for not really putting any pictures of us up here, so hopefully there are enough snapshots of us to remedy that!
(Oh, definitely noticed the other day that you can click on the pictures to make them bigger. Y'all probably knew that already, but I'm catching up)
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| See, 'rents? That's sunscreen, and we're wearing it! |
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| Felix thought he was SO clever taking a different route, and look where it got him |
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| It's hard to get lost, just follow the river |
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| This is sure to get the geologists reading all hot and bothered |
Great photos, wonderful vistas, what is the average rainfall right now? Really enjoy the posts Anna. Thanks for sharing.
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