Driving along the Blue train Route

Hex River valley vineyard patchwork

As we drove along the N1 on our way from Cape Town to the Karoo for our weekend of birthday stargazing, we realized we were paralleling the same route we had taken on the Blue Train just two months ago for an early birthday present. And here we were on our real birthday weekend passing by the same vineyards and mountains of the Hex River valley that we had spied from the Blue Train's plush observation lounge in March!

train tracks and overhead wires of the Blue Train

the Blue Train in front of some solar panels!

In fact, we even saw the Blue Train itself traveling along its tracks in the opposite direction towards Cape Town.

Can we get a little Happy Birthday toot, Blue Train?