Aloe view of Swartkops River mouth

My three favorite flowers in the wild are aloes, proteas and arum lilies.  The aloes are in full bloom at the moment and gives colour to the winter landscape.  A hike along the Aloe Trail at Bluewater Bay took as to this spot from where we could see Amsterdamhoek and the Swartkops River mouth with flowering aloes in the foreground.

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N2 view

Standing at the same spot as yesterday's post from where I took the picture of the Cotswold (Moregrove) Quarry but looking the other way, the N2 snakes away from the suburbs towards Algoa Bay.  The N2 is the main road from Cape Town along the Garden Route, through Port Elizabeth and up along the east coast past Durban. 

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Humble Ways north view

A little while ago I posted a pic taken from Humble Ways at the top of Lovemore Heights looking south.  I've been holding back on the north view and is posting it today.  It wasn't a clear day but you can see the Westering and Kabega Park area with the Telkom tower on the right.

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Humble Ways south view

A Geocaching outing took me to yet another new spot in Port Elizabeth the other day.  Humble Ways Retreat is situated at the end of St Clair's Way on Lovemore Heights and owned by the Stucken family.  There were three caches hidden on the property so I took Chaos Boy on a nice leisurely stroll enjoying the views of the natural surrounds.  Although it was cloudy the views are still stunning, the one in the picture looking south across Lovemore…

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