National Parks Road Trip

Of the 63 National Parks in the US, I have only visited 15 of them. On my fuzzy list of things to do after retiring, visiting more of them seemed obvious. How hard could it be, really? They are all within driving distance, right?

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Already the end of April?

April 29 – Last night in Port Elizabeth.  Tomorrow morning, I will drive 4 hours north to Ganora Guest Farm, saying goodbye to Addo and the Port Elizabeth area. It has been an amazing visit in lots of different ways.  The Kraal guesthouse was a little challenging on a few fronts. My arrival appeared to […]

Winterton and beyond

It has been an amazing week in and around Winterton. Arrived on the 5th of March. Michelle and I spent most of the 6th tossing mural ideas back and forth and out the window.

Batty

The house is very nice, fairly new and made of concrete walls with old fashioned tin plate ceilings.  Like any farm house, there are animals who share the space, both inside and outside.  I got up to pee around 3 am, not too unusual for me but not welcomed. I didn’t turn on the light […]

Busy first week in South Africa

 I arrived at the Johannesburg airport after roughly 24 hours of travel feeling pretty good and very excited to see Heather and Will. Having somewhere to stay and someone picking me up at the airport took most of the stress out of prepping to leave home. Heather drove us to their house in Pretoria through […]