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The photos included in this post were taken over my many visits to South Africa. Those of you who were Dance Umbrella (best dance festival on the planet!) aficionados should scroll through. They’re among my favorite pictures of all times and I want them included in one more blog book. So enjoy a visit back with me or skip if you’ve already seen them before or are tired of travel posts… Posted… Read More
Posted August 6, 2022: Sara Klotzback Reporting. I decided to write about the great big scary impenetrable forest that I conquered the other day. This forest is rather intimidating due to the name; however, once you get inside and see what it has to offer, it is so beautiful. The big day of climbing this mountain had arrived and man was I nervous! My grandma decided it would be best to sit… Read More
Posted June 27, 2022: Africa 2022 is comprised of three “adventures,” one South African cities’ break, and one combination cities-adventure. The first two adventures are over: the Basecamp Explorer safari and the Chimps and Gorillas of Uganda. We’re on our break now—the Joburg/Cape Town break. Each of us has been a little off for a day or two with stomachs and colds, and maybe just a touch of adventure weariness. In two… Read More
Posted June 25, 2022: Sara and Celia are sleeping. I think Sara was up late with her first look at a TV in nearly a month. She’s actually not much of a TV person, mostly alternating between her real and iPhone lives, but I think the lure of a separate (from her kindly but not-always-exciting companions) living room comprised of windows overlooking Cape Town—Table Mountain and Lion’s Head in the background—and the… Read More
Posted June 23, 2022: Concern for how my unruly stomach would behave caused a good deal of pre-travel anxiety—after all, Sara deserved relatively healthy travel companions (even if a little long in the tooth as the horsey expression goes) on her first big trip abroad. Well, I made it until last night without one single down day, and now about 12 hours later I believe it’s come and gone. I have a… Read More
June 22, 2022: It is Day 23. Exactly halfway. Do I think this may have been a plan too ambitious? Not as long as Sara is having an adventure. We’ll see if and when the thrill wears off—doesn’t seem to have as yet, but while our present location in a comfy little contemporary hotel in Johannesburg is a welcome break, it’s also just a touch boring if we don’t force ourselves out… Read More
(Published June 12, 2022) The photo album of the day will be Celia experiencing Kenya with a few of her favorite friends…first though a small look at where we are right this very minute of our lucky lives. You know how I love rain, so I am not complaining that our game drive is rained out this evening. Actually we’ve been caught out in one wild rainstorm, with rainy evenings and bright… Read More
Posted June 9, 2022: Sara, my granddaughter, is our brand-new Adventurer. She’s 23, and this trip is all-new, all-shiny, all-firsts. Celia, an Experienced Traveler, is 70, however this is her first visit to the continent of Africa. Marjorie, is either the Wise or the Challenged member of the party. At 83 years-of-age, she’s traveled in 112 countries, but this jaunt is a challenge on a new front—the beginning of the end of… Read More
May 23, 2022: Please join Sara, Celia, and me for a toe-to-head trip on the continent of Africa. (The switch to a new platform has caused a certain amount of grief as technical “news” tends to do, but at least you can now subscribe to the tales of these young, medium, and old adventurers on the Meerkat trail.) We’ll begin halfway up the continent in East African Kenya for the first 10… Read More
NOTE: I changed blogging platforms in order to publish this book. In the process I had to transfer many posts back to WordPress, my previous platform, which changed the date of publication. In order to let you know when the posts were originally published, I’ve added a date just preceding the first sentence or heading. For example: This post was originally published on my birthday, April 3, 2022, even though the date… Read More