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| Drakensburg |
A family from our local church offered us the opportunity to stay in their timeshare house in the Drakensburg mountains over Christmas. It was AWESOME and such a blessing! We were so far back into the mountains and it was absolutely beautiful! We took the kids on 6 hikes (at least 1 hour each) in the first three days because we love to explore. Our kids are real troopers but I also brought extra sweets to help them go uphill! We saw wild animals up close and waterfalls. Our house had a pool so each day we'd hike, stop for a jump on the trampoline and then get in the pool. The kids loved every minute of it. It was such a restful time for our whole family and great to spend so much uninterrupted time together.
We invited some good friends of ours to come join us the last two nights we were there because the place where we stayed had enough space. They are very good at photography and we were so thankful they took pictures for us since our camera fritzed out the day after Christmas. The closeups of the animals and some scenic shots are from them.
The coolest experience happened the day before we left. We'd seen lots of zebras and they finally came right into our backyard. We sat and watched them for close to an hour and several of us got to touch the "leader" of the group. It was a definite highlight for all of us!
