As I said, there wasn't much camping choice for us, so this morning we took a detour off the N1 and headed towards the West Coast, to our favourite home away from home - Elands Bay.
We didn't get to Elands Bay as soon as we had hoped because we stopped in at the Piketberg Hospital to check out Kaylin's arm. Two days ago she slipped while walking up some steps on the way to the mountain pools at Golden Gate National Park, and hurt her arm badly. I made a sling for her and she had it strapped up and protected and was really brave, making us believe that it wasn't too bad an injury - until today in the car when she used her right arm to prop herself up onto her chair and let out a scream which made us head to the closest hospital for Xrays. Yip, broken arm...... a green stick fracture, so not a huge break, but still a plaster cast for 4 weeks. You can imagine what this does to an active 6 year old - she's been miserable the rest of the day. It's itchy, hot, and uncomfortable and she can't understand why it has to stay on ALL of the time. Shame, my poor little girl.
We got to Elands Bay eventually, and fell into the arms of family who had missed us over the past couple of weeks away. The kids started playing with their cousins straight away, and Granny & Grandpa were there with comforting arms full of hugs. Just what Kaylin needed.
Alex got some much needed sleep while I baked his birthday cake, with a bit of help from the kids. Kaylin even managed to help mix, and that put a smile on her face.
Today was a tough one, but we're looking forward to our next few relaxing days here at Elands, before heading home on Monday morning to start our year.
Here's something fun to watch..... we managed to upload the video of us getting stuck in the mud at Port Edward...... click on the link below and enjoy.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85ThX3WC_0
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