Birds flying backwards

The first big weather system of the winter hit the coast last week, churning up the sea,sending temperatures way down and causing hurried rummaging for winter clothes.The wind gusted up in the 70+ km/hr range for 48 hours, so I took my camera down to the beach and got some good pics of big waves and birds battling to make headway against the howling wind.

We've been asked how we came by the name for our blog.  Simple enough; we live at the coast and are heading to the very top of the Kruger Park.  While at Punda Maria we will drive north-east to Crooks Corner.Apparently it got its name in the last century when ivory was smuggled over the border at this spot.  There is a lookout point from where one can look over the border to both Zimbabwe and Mocambique.  So coasttocrookscorner encapsulates our journey perfectly - plus which its nice and alliterative!