April 27 - Day 109

Today was back on the bike after a rest day.  Have I said ...  I HATE OFF ROAD, yet?!  Although someone pointed out that it really isn't off road since they technically have scraped a section of the earth with a road grader then covered it with dirt and gravel and sand and rocks then called it drivable, or rideable.  But you can't fool me.  It is off road.  As one of the riders who is a mountain biker said today... "no self respecting mountain biker would ever ride on this crap and call it fun!"

But beside the corrugation and the deep sand/dirt there was some sights to see.  I saw a herd of about 50 Oryxs cross the road ahead of me.  I also saw Springboks, Ostrichs and Mountain Zebras.  Mountain Zebras, you ask?  What are Mountain Zebras?  They are of the Zebra family but have shadows of their black stripes that are on their coats. These shadows make the white area appear to be darker or tan.  Here is a picture of them:

The next question you probably had while reading this was....  what is an Oryx?  Here is an Oryx:

They are a very strange yet beautiful creature.  They are much larger than the gazelles and Impalas and have spiral horns.  They are very tasty.  I have had an Oryx steak as well as an Oryx burger.  I have also eaten Kudu, Springbok and Impala.  Oryx is the best of these.

Here is a picture of a birds nest:

It is of the Sociable Weaver.  They keep building on to the nest until it breaks the limb of the tree and then move on to another.  They are a small bird and about 40 of them inhabit a nest like this.

And lastly,  something that fits into the Really?  category.  We are riding through the Namib Desert and here is a road sign that I came across:

Really?!  You need to call out sand while people are using a road in the desert???