Table Top Mountain

Remember this mountain?  Well we hiked up it!

It was a good thing we had gone hiking a day before this hike to Elephant's Eye because our guide was hiking at top speed this day.  Mark picked us up from the Mission Home (which was really nice as we were still getting used to the whole left hand side of the street driving) and he knew right where to go to park and start the hike.  We hiked up one of the gorges on the mountain, along with everyone else in Cape Town it seemed like.  However, we were able to get some good shots with just us in the pictures!

Mark and Chris

Almost to the top, in the clouds

We made it! One hour 15 minutes up.  It was cold up at the top.

The view was spectacular and we felt blessed to be able to see anything.  There are many days when the "Tablecloth"  of clouds inhibits the view.

Putting on my jacket as a sweaty body and cold wind don't mix well.

The cable car wasn't working for a while because it was so windy.  However we waited a little while and fortunately it made a run down again to take some workers to the bottom and we hitched a ride.  The cable car is fun as the bottom turns slowly around so that you get a good 360 degree view as you travel.  Plus we heard that hiking down is worse than hiking up!