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If any of you would like to share in our adventure We are blessed to be spending a month touring Mallorca, Spain, Morocco and ending up by meeting our son, Fr. Tad, in Fatima. Our first stop on the beautiful … Continue reading →

We began our 30 hour final adventure of returning to the USA, I had to laugh as we packed up, but was deeply appreciative of Molly’s pharmaceutical offerings. Molly, Fernando and Luke provided us with everything from special bandages to … Continue reading →

What a magnificent natural wonder of the world is Victoria Falls. We spent the morning touring by land and the afternoon in an exhilarating helicopter ride hovering over the spectacular scenery below. My sister, Gail, was in a terrible auto … Continue reading →

As we entered the border zone from Botswana to Zimbabwe we learned that the supply trucks may have to wait up to two weeks to be given approval and a time to cross over to Zambia or Zimbabwe. The infrastructure … Continue reading →

After a rather bumpy bush plane ride, we headed to Elephant Valley Lodge. Now we have departed from the private reserves of the Kadizora Safari Camp in the Okavango Delta to our game rides in the Chobe National Park. The … Continue reading →

How would you feel one night if you awoke to one of these guys staring at you in your tent…. well it actually happened…. I could feel the earth shaking as I heard the deafening crush of leaves and branches … Continue reading →

As pictured earlier our hot air balloon ride was phenomenal. However, not so for our dear new BFF’s- – their balloon ride ended in what the endearing pilot referred to as an ‘aborted landing’….-:)!! Thank goodness they were all fine!! … Continue reading →

We have arrived in the Okavango Delta-by ‘puddle jumper’. What a thrill to all board this plane and meet Pete our Bush Pilot and his lovely wife. Forty minutes later with some spectacular views of the Okavango Delta we landed … Continue reading →

Water is a real shortage in Capetown. The situation has been very challenging for this city. It was suggested that we time our showers with a three minute egg timer which appears on the door of each of our showers. … Continue reading →

We started our day off in Capetown with a spectacular cablecar ride up to the vistas of Table Mountain… take a peek at the beautiful sights from the top… Then we met the ‘dassies’ along the way….cuddly little creatures perilously … Continue reading →