Dullstroom is a very popular tourist area, with trout fishing, art galleries, and lots of inns and restaurants. We stopped in several shops to look around including this one featuring Columbia Sportswear fishing shirts. We talked to the owner about them - he said they were kind of a hard sell (because they're more expensive), but once customers bought one, they tended to come back to buy more.
There are lots of retirees here, not surprising to us. There are lots of nicely remodeled older farm houses along with newer ones designed to fit in the traditional style.
After lunch we went out exploring by car, heading out of town on unpaved roads which led to fishing resorts and relatively remote homes.
Signage was scarce and the GPS simply told us we were on an unpaved road (didn't need high tech gadgetry to figure that out), but as the road got narrower and rougher, we debated whether to turn around or keep going. John spotted - and I confirmed seeing - a bus at a distance coming our direction, so we took that as "proof" that the road must get better. We have no idea what happened to that bus, we never saw it again and the road went downhill in all senses of the word - got much worse than this, making us glad we'd paid extra for the tire damage waiver -
We carefully made our way over large rocks, deep ruts scoured out by torrential rains that accompany the frequent summer thunder storms, deep sand and mud, and unexplainable pools of water completely covering the road.
We made it back just in time to follow our host's recommendation and have dinner at "Mrs. Simpson's" - named for the American woman who won King George VI's heart, leading him to abdicate the throne in order to marry her.
It's a great restaurant with an amazing selection of Wallis Simpson memorabilia and other fun things (like dozens of pairs of shoes). Very fun place with exceptional food - and very reasonable prices.
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