My first view of Lion’s Head, the little butte northwest of Table Mountain, came through the fog on the morning that Evelyn and Jackie took Lily and I to Sea Point to see the migmatite:

A lofty pinnacle – made of the same flat-lying quartz sandstone as the mesa of Table Mountain to the southeast:

We went back to Lion’s Head on New Year’s Eve. After a delicious Thai dinner, we hiked up to the summit of Lion’s Head to ring in the new year in style. Here’s a portrait of my wife in front of the lights of Cape Town:

The Gauntletts had brought along some red sparkling wine for us to toast the turning of the year:

First photo of the happy Bentleys in the year 2012:

Thanks again to Evelyn and Jackie for showing us such a fun time when we were in South Africa over the winter break.