For those not on the Rat forum afraid of Kool Aid no doubt a couple of pics from my last family hike taken 2 days ago. The area is called Pelindaba which translates into End of Discussions, it is near Hartebeespoort in the North-West province of South Africa. The vegetation is a mix of Grass and Forested Savannah, extreme climate: cold and dry in the winter and hot and wet in the summer. As it happens, it is now summer in the Southern hemisphere and we had to get up early. The pics were taken between 7-8 am before it got too hot. The sun is already up; South Africa doesn't do summer time which means it gets light around 5 am and dark around 7 pm. I wish they would change that; I'm not an early raiser by nature. 
I also carried aknife, a Mutt LE but I took not pics. 
Far in the back the Magaliesberg range, the old Malaria border which has now moved further North tahnks to DDT.
The trail was easy going, it is part of my favourite mountain bike runs, or in some case when you have to climb it should be called a mountain bike carry
The kids loved it and only started complaining in the 3rd hour. This pics was obvioulsy taken at the beginning.
The cliffs of the river
Looking down the cliff
another pic
The whole valley
enjoy
I also carried aknife, a Mutt LE but I took not pics. Far in the back the Magaliesberg range, the old Malaria border which has now moved further North tahnks to DDT.
The trail was easy going, it is part of my favourite mountain bike runs, or in some case when you have to climb it should be called a mountain bike carry
The kids loved it and only started complaining in the 3rd hour. This pics was obvioulsy taken at the beginning.
The cliffs of the river
Looking down the cliff
another pic
The whole valley
enjoy
