Back from Africa

Erin and I still intend to post a proper update from our Italy trip....we've just been busy. The week after we got back from Italy I went to Utah to teach a class at the University of Utah.... then I left two days later for the Karoo basin in South Africa. I had back to back overnight flights to get into Capetown....I was so excited to sleep on a bed once we got to the Wild Game reserve where we were staying.
I went for a work trip to look at rocks.... more specifically deepwater turbidite deposits...I know that you're all waiting on the edge of your seat for an in-depth explanation of the ins and outs of South Africa geology but I will instead allow pictures to do the talking.

S. Africa is wine country near Capetown
Cheetahs....
Giraffes
Rhinos

The Dinner Setting at Inverdoorn Wild Game Lodge
Some sort of plant
One of the few places on the planet where you can look as far as you can in any direction and not see anything man-made

More rocks.
An abandonded colorful barn
Dwyka - a glacial formation..... it's the type of thing you read about in textbooks but never get to see.....that is... if you read geology textbooks.....

More rocks
Apparently South Africans drink coke... and then dump their cans wherever.... just like the rest of us.
Another plantThe remains of a desert turtle

The Lord Milner Hotel in Matjiesfontein
The town bus
The Colonel doing his thang in S. Africa
Right across from the airport... a shanty town... closer to the harbour there's a Bentley dealership.... sick.

Looking across the harbour towards Table Mountain