Rise and shine at 4:45am again. Looking forward to tomorrow when we can sleep in until 7am! We landed early morning and had a full day ahead of us! This is the first thing you see on your way into … Continue reading
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Trying to settle back to the reality of life, so wanted to get back to posting my quote of the week even though I’m not done posting about South Africa yet! I thought this little gem was perfect that I … Continue reading
We awoke this morning all a little sad that this was the last safariL Our goal was to find cheetah – the only animal we had not seen, but it was doubtful. I was trying to find the perfect tree … Continue reading
We slept in three different rooms – all side by side. The funniest was when we all got together we exchanged stories about this air freshener in our room that freaked each of us out! It’s this little spray thing … Continue reading
This morning the boys were up early – hoping to catch a glimpse of the resident hippo in the watering hole outside our room. Hippos usually only get out of the water at night. Unfortunately, no hippo out of the … Continue reading
Our day started early again with the Rangers knocking at 5:15am to get us up. These were our rooms: Our game drive started at 6am, so at 5:45 I went to check on the 3 older kids who were in … Continue reading
When the alarm went off at 4:30 am, Rob rolled over and asked how much driving he had to do that day. Today, we only had 1 hour drive to our next destination. (He was relieved to hear that because, … Continue reading
The next morning we woke up really early (like 3 am) because of the jet lag. We forced ourselves back to sleep, and when the alarm went off at 6:30, it was brutal (I guess our bodies got back into … Continue reading
So… after our long flight, we landed in Johannesburg, got all our luggage (always holding my breath for that), and went to look for the rental car location. Of course, there are many guides and porters that try to grab … Continue reading
The Internet is still not cooperating:( I get a little bit of connectivity to get a wee post up, but certainly not a real one with photos. But, I have been writing along the way, so will likely post daily … Continue reading