We had a wonderful vacation at Hartbeespoort Dam!!! We stayed in a really nice house with its own little pool. That's really all the kids wanted to do anyway. They'd start asking at 7:30am when they could swim. They were in the pool usually by 8:30am! Most of our time went like this: eat, swim, eat, swim, nap, swim, eat, swim. Our kids couldn't have been happier! The water was chilly but it was about 90 degrees and with no A/C and only fans....well, the water felt great! So much laughing, splashing, giggling and screaming. All what a good vacation should be! Click on the picture of Lucas jumping in to see lots more fun water pics.
On Wednesday we made a trip to Pilanesberg National Park. We'd taken Stephen & Kelli there 3 & 1/2 years ago so it was fun to be there again with Lee & Jean! We saw lots of antelope, giraffe, elephants, zebra, wildebeest, hippo and warthogs. At one point there was a warthog running alongside the road by our car and Joshua kept saying it was a baby rhino looking for its mommy. Thank goodness for the booklet to let us know what each bird was and the many kinds of antelope. It was a very hot day for a game drive but seeing so many animals made it all worthwhile. We had a giraffe, elephant and zebra cross the road in front of us as we drove. The elephant was a surprise. We'd all been looking to the left at a lot of mother elephants and babies when Dan suddenly slammed on the brakes and we all hit the seats. We'd failed to notice the elephant in front of us that was almost on the road! Click on the picture above and take a ride with us through Pilanesberg!
