Summer Travels 2025

We got up at 6:45 and got ready. I went outside on the porch several times to take pictures. I walked to the main building and used the Internet outside the door. It was chilly but the sun also felt warm. The scenery was incredible!  The Internet worked but was really slow to upload pictures to my blog. The others joined us a little after 8. Breakfast was wonderful. There was a buffet with cereal, yogurt, fruit, toast, coffee, juice, and more. Then they came around to the tables and took orders for eggs and bacon. I posted about Johannesburg on Facebook. Then we got ready to go. We loaded the luggage and then I noticed that one of our tires was flat. We unloaded the luggage and Kelvin and Colin worked on changing the tire. They had trouble getting the spare off the vehicle, but thankfully one of the men who worked there helped.  It didn’t take too long and then we got on the road. As we drove, we saw 1 blesbok, 2 kudu, and 1 baboon. The road was very bumpy and rocky. We drove ...

We got up at 6:30 and showered and packed. We went to breakfast around 7:45. Reinette made vegetarian omelettes that were quite tasty.  I also had coffee, juice, yogurt, and toast with honey. We finished getting ready and left a little after 9 for the airport. Here are some pictures of where we were staying: The ride to the airport took about 20 minutes. We turned in our rental car and went to look for where we checked in luggage. Tammy’s mom and I got separated from Tammy and her dad. We eventually met back up at the check-in counter. My suitcase was the perfect weight after leaving things with Courtney. I even have a packing cube of Tammy’s shirts in my suitcase! Tammy and I left our backpacks with Tammy’s dad and walked around for a half hour. Then it was time to board the shuttle bus to take us to our gate. It was not a full flight. I had the window and Tammy was next to me. We got a snack box with a chicken mayo croissant, delicious and moist dried fruit, and a yummy chocolate...