Robbed at home !!!! Not a happy experience for sure!!!

With all our preparing, packing and last minute travel plans, our minds have been on happy-go-lucky thoughts. How fantastic to know that what was not so long a go but just an embryo, is almost now reality.  Not even 14 days to go and we will be in Franklin at Bryony's lovely sister and family enjoying the moment and sharing stories!!!

This year we will be having the pleasure of meeting three NEW family members !!!!........
A set of twins along with another little fella who already looks so cure and cuddly !!

...AND THEN ......

BANG !!!! , ..... the bubble pops, ......  woke up Saturday morning to find someone had tampered with my car locks. A quick look around of our yard resulted in me finding an empty space where a good friends Water-Ski had been parked!!.

I swear it would have been easy to handle it the Water-Ski was mine, but to have to call your friend and explain that his pride and joy has been stolen was not an easy thing to do. Even as I write this post I am sick to my stomach knowing that he so enjoyed and loved being on the water with it. Knowing that he worked hard to afford it and then worked hard fixing it leaves a very bad taste in the mouth!!.

Now the concern is will these wonderful thieves-of-the-night be back to plunder other our other belongings while we are out of country!!! Sadly our Police force has a lot to be desired as South Africa becomes more and more just another failed African State.

I detest being so negative but after laying a charge of theft at the Police Station it became evident that our little village has become a favorite playing ground for those undesirables who steal, murder and create mayhem!. In recent times quite a few motor vehicles, Jet ski's, quad bikes etc have been stolen from peoples yards. ( all behind high walls) .

Just two day's prior to our robbery we heard what sounded like a Western Movie taking place around the corner only to find out later that a pensioner was nearly killed during am armed robbery at 7 am in the morning !!!

I can carry of forever but sadly nothing will change so .......

THAT'S s enough of that!!!,  here's to us having a FANTASTIC time while traveling around USA meeting all the lovely American folk along the way .

God Bless all out there.

It's a getting closer .........

Such a long, long time since my last posting. So much has happened between then and now, some things worth mentioning while others not. Mostly life has ushered us from her to there, taking us to the Coast, inland to Nature Reserves and then of course the challenges. ........ 

1st the good stuff, .....

Our mid-week trip to Durban in February was fantastic. Chilled at the beach, listened to Reggae band, body surfed in the sea, read a little, and of course simply chilled a while.  Very pleasant indeed and a welcome change from normality.   Sadly I cannot find any photo's..... possibly add them later.

Next stop Mount Amanzi which was also for a mid-week, just chilling, fishing in the river, swimming, soaking up the rays and a spot of reading..... very pleasant.

And then a visit to Moneteng Safaria Lodage, ...... Aha, I have photo's so enjoy ... No big Five unfortunately but those that were there gave us a lovely show while doing a game drive... In fact ( no pic's here) , just outside our Chalet we have a small family of Buck eating from the palm of our hands , .... THAT was COOL !!

As for the bad stuff, ....... I'll keep that to myself course it will ruin a pleasant blog posting for sure......  Suffice to say South Africa is going down the toilet , ..fast   :(

And now to start packing for our upcoming USA , East to West and Back trip ........... a few challenges there, mostly to source the replacement Camper / Mini van .

Damn, we're gonna miss the old day ( Honda Odyssey) !!!!

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It's a getting closer ........