Day 1: Drive from Irene to Augrabies

21 April 2019

We woke at the crack of dawn and set off on the first of many long days of driving. In preparation for this, and desert heat, we have decided to become the sort of people who awake in time to watch the sunrise. Sunrise was quickly followed by darkening clouds and rain for most of our journey through the Northern Cape, and we arrived at Augrabies Falls National Park in the late afternoon. After admiring the falls, we set up our roof top tent and watched the sunset, followed by lightning over the darkening horizon.