Adventure Into South Africa

Packing for vacation equates to: What exactly do I need?  How much do I bring? Though you might have some anxiety in making sure you have all the right supplies, it's still exciting -- especially when it's some place you've never visited. Packing to return is a completely different experience.  7:00am  With quite a few days in the sweltering heat, we've accrued an extensive amount of stinky clothing. David and Cathy suggested we bring a folded duffel bag to throw all of our soiled, stinky safari clothes. I fill the entire duffel bag until it overflows. Packing for our return flight turns into stuffing all of our dirty clothes into a large suitcase and a duffel bag...and then some. The good news is that, even with all of the excess dirt, our bags are actually lighter going home because we ate most of the snacks we brought with us.   9:00am Suitcases fill the front entry of our little chalet and what remains of our snacks and kitchen supplies sit on ...

Eve has grown tired of African Fruit Loops for breakfast. They taste much like our Fruit Loops, except they're more colorful and (can you believe it) they might be even sweeter than ours. So, she convinces me to wake her up super early to try breakfast here at the resort restaurant. After making some effort to get dressed, Landon (in his infinite wisdom) decides to go back to sleep instead.  At 5:45 this morning Eve and I walk the lit pathway towards the reception building. We are both shivering. The temperatures climb to around 95 degrees most days, but in the morning it is in the mid-fifties/sixties. When we arrive at the restaurant, we see no lights on, absolutely no movement inside. The hours posted clearly state 6am, but a kind resort worker tells us that they don't open until 6:30. So Eve and I sit in an empty reception area staring blankly at each other and commenting about the incredibly horrific music selections (it's actually music from back home, just not t...