Headed back the way we had come down to the turnoff to Tzaneen, this time missing the tollgate as the turnoff was the right side for me going North, headed for Tzaneen at a snails pace up the hills, 20km per hour, the cyclists were passing me, the runners were passing me, hell I wouldn't be surprised if the snails crawled faster than me......but ti does give us some time to look at the scenery, lots of hills, and trees, and fences..........nowhere to stop on the side of the road, long fences bordering game farms and no lookout points or campsites away from the road, makes it hard for the dogs who are not into this camping thing at the moment.
After 380km yesterday and about 12 hours in the camper, I needed today to be an easier day, we hit Tzaneen, went straight to the dam, paid my 20 bucks and spent some pleasant hours throwing the ball for the dogs, I also managed to waterproof the back window and fashion a new rubber seal for the petrol cap, wanted to camp the night there but was told we would be kicked out at 8pm, so back in the camp and headed for the mineral springs 30km away, never found them, so continued to the giant Baobab at Gravelot, finally made it there, nearly 5pm, dogs hot and tired, me fed up with the hours of driving and not getting to see much of what was on my list, finally got to the turnoff for the tree....and was met with a fence and a great big padlock aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh..........
So, I took out my hammer and hammered it off, closed the gates behind me so no passerby would come and investigate, and we went in and spent a glorious night under the stars next the majestic 2000 year old Baobab who welcomed us with open arms. Our first night sleeping out, water was available so I had a really nice large bucket bath, with lots of hot water, did not care how much gas I wasted, I did not eat today as well, just coffee, the driving is hard and hot and I have no appetite. Only drove 188km today so my headache is easing.
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