https://elephantsabroad.me/2015/04/13/home-sweet-home/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150412_160505.jpg20150412_160505We'll be back, Constantia Glen. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150412_160342.jpg20150412_160342Constantia Glen with Ronin and Karin.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1268.jpgIMG_1268I wish this was a better picture, but the beautiful sunset is ruining my lighting. Life is tough. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1263.jpgIMG_1263Hotel Morlot open for business! Can't wait for our first visitors, Trey and Whit, to get her in a month!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1262.jpgIMG_1262This subtle piece hangs in the master... bedroom. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1261.jpgIMG_1261The Greenpoint Nudes. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1260.jpgIMG_1260Living room. The red painting is Kip's least favorite as he reminds me Every.Day.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1258.jpgIMG_1258Our view for the next 6 months2016-04-22T21:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/09/07/botswana/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1859.jpgIMG_1859This is Maun from the air. Apparently Maun made an appearance on one of the seasons of Amazing Race. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1850.jpgIMG_1850Aerial of the delta. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1840.jpgIMG_1840Riding shotgun to camp. No fear.... sort of. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0409.jpgDSCF0409https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0367.jpgDSCF0367More sundowners. Less bugs. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0360.jpgDSCF0360We did finally take that boat trip. I'm bundled here not because it was cold, but as a defensive mechanism for the millions of bugs hitting my face. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0317.jpgDSCF0317Meshak spotted this spotted beauty on our first morning game drive. These rangers are so skilled at what they do. I can barely see it now! https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0303.jpgDSCF0303After being with the lions for a few hours we enjoyed a few sundowners with a view. This is also when a few of the South Africans I was with learned what a pretzel was. You would have thought it was the most exotic thing they've ever come across. We talked about the origin of the pretzel almost as long as we talked about the lion kill. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0296.jpgDSCF0296They were extremely aggressive with each other over who was going to get more meat but when it was all over they lovingly helped each other clean up. Blood in your hair is not a good look, even for a lion. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf0267.jpgDSCF0267I spent Tuesday night with this pride of six. Our original plan was to take the boat out for a few hours but one of the other guides from the camp said he was tracking lions and needed help so we changed our plans. The only game we saw that night were these lions. We watched them hunt, kill, and devour a bushbuck. 2015-11-12T00:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/10/08/we-come-from-a-land-down-under/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_1878.jpgIMG_1878Perth Skyline.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_1876.jpgIMG_1876Perth from afar. See it? Sorry... I haven't been very good about taking pictures here. These are all you get for now.2015-10-08T12:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/09/23/no-new-friends/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4959.jpgIMG_4959Last night, saying goodbye to Kelly and Darren. Always such a good time with these two . Can't wait to see what the 4 of us get up to next!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2003.jpgIMG_2003My people celebrating Kelly's birthday. Clockwise: Buckley, Kelly, Caroline, Mohini, Aleta, Tina, Doug, and Bob. I spent many happy days with this crew. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1814.jpgIMG_1814https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1735.jpgIMG_1735https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1737.jpgIMG_17372015-09-23T19:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/08/24/i-see-whales/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1833.jpgIMG_1833Birkenhead House and our home for the last couple of nights. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1832.jpgIMG_1832View from the running trail around the coast of Walker Bay. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1826.jpgIMG_1826Will exercise for views. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0172.jpgDSCF0172https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0168.jpgDSCF0168Stunning Sunday night sunset. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0167.jpgDSCF0167Equally stunning mother-in-law. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0159.jpgDSCF0159Happy whale watchers. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0157.jpgDSCF0157One happy, one cold. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0098.jpgDSCF0098Our first of many fabulous meals at Birkenhead. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf0082.jpgDSCF0082I have arrived... and I am not leaving. 2015-08-24T20:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/about/2015-08-05T16:40:30+00:00weekly0.6https://elephantsabroad.me/2015/08/04/mystery-weekend/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1797.jpgIMG_1797Huguenot Monument gardens. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1795.jpgIMG_1795Kip taking a break from all of the walking at the monument. This is his "please stop taking dumb photos of me" face. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0344.jpgIMG_0344From bottom left: Tina, Darren, Kelly, Kip, and half of Buckley. Our selfie skills need work.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0341-1.jpgIMG_0341 (1)Having a little bit of fun on the walk back from Sir Richard's vineyard. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1802.jpgIMG_1802Richard Branson puts his name on EVERYTHING! https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1801.jpgIMG_1801https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1798.jpgIMG_1798Putting green at the La Cabriere. 2015-08-04T18:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/07/22/tourist/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0644.jpgIMG_0644Wine tasting with this view is the worst. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0650.jpgIMG_0650Top of Table Mountain. Taken before the trauma of watching 3 fools jump off.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0698.jpgIMG_0698Baby baboons! Don't open the windows. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1744.jpgIMG_1744Kip being risky. B and I were too scared to go further. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1742.jpgIMG_1742On the ferry to Robben Island. My head is in the way of Lion's Head. 2015-07-22T15:52:12+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/06/29/june-the-month-of-visitors/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1726.jpgIMG_1726These baboons kept meal times interesting. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1697.jpgIMG_1697The whole gang. Hat tip to Andrea and Bennett for being the best ranger/tracker team around. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1676.jpgIMG_1676Game walk with the Ps. We were rerouted due to a hippo in our path. Thankfully we were unaware of this until we returned to camp. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1658.jpgIMG_1658Six hungry lions. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1655.jpgIMG_1655This is taken through the seats in the back of the vehicle. SO CLOSE!! TOO CLOSE!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1606.jpgIMG_1606https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1489.jpgIMG_1489https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1478.jpgIMG_1478https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1464-e1435579784190.jpgIMG_1464https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1440.jpgIMG_1440Beautiful Cape of Good Hope. I can drive here without directions now. Such a local. 2015-06-30T14:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/05/25/first-visitors/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4196.jpgIMG_4196Hout Bay. A little chilly and pungent but gorgeous. Also, if you look closely in to that mountain behind us, you'll see the road I DROVE to take us to the Cape of Good Hope. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4229.jpgIMG_4229https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4225.jpgIMG_4225De Morgenzon tasting room. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1416.jpgIMG_1416https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1415.jpgIMG_1415https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1380.jpgIMG_1380Ostrich Xing Sign Needed2015-05-25T14:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/05/04/franschhoek/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_13681.jpgIMG_1368I spy a happy vacationer. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1368.jpgIMG_1368https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1366.jpgIMG_1366A different view of Saturday's sunset. Wish I could show you pictures of Friday's...https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1359.jpgIMG_1359Saturday's sunset from the porch. I was heard Friday's was much better but SOMEONE didn't inform me until after the fact. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1355.jpgIMG_1355First elephant siting! This big guy greeted us at Grand Provence. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1348.jpgIMG_1348One of two mini ponies on the property. This is Tango. We were told he is the nice one and his friend, Twist, is naughty. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1342.jpgIMG_1342Friday night dinner at the chef's table at La Residence. Chef Lennard served us a fabulous meal and gave us a great list of his favorite local Cape Town restaurants. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1332.jpgIMG_1332Post wine tasting at Chamonix. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1328.jpgIMG_1328Checking on the grapes. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1325.jpgIMG_1325Mom & Dad - let's find out what this purple plant is and import it to South Texas. 2015-05-04T16:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/04/24/this-is-africa/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1274.jpgIMG_1274There are springbok in this picture. Thanks, iPhone. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1272.jpgIMG_1272Villiera brought in eucalyptus trees to shield the vines from the brutal wind. They have an added perk of helping to create delicious honey. Notice the bee box at the bottom. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1295.jpgIMG_1295We learned that female giraffes are either pregnant or breast feeding for the majority of their 25 years on Earth. This Mama giraffe gave birth 3 weeks ago and she'll be pregnant again soon. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1277.jpgIMG_12772015-04-24T14:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/04/05/did-you-ever-think-youd-come-here/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1247.jpgIMG_1247https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1238.jpgIMG_1238A penguin in the wild. Not as cute as expected. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1241.jpgIMG_1241Boulder Beach. More spectacular than the penguins that inhabit it. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1245.jpgIMG_1245Check out that emergency #! How would you ever remember that in the midst of being chased by wild baboons?https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1254.jpgIMG_1254We made it!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1256.jpgIMG_1256Cape Point, the southern most tip of Africa. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1234.jpgIMG_1234SA's version of Costco called Makro. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1230.jpgIMG_1230#nofliter these hotdogs are actually bright pink. Not sure why that is appealing but they are purposely dyed that way. Kip and I are both on a no hotdog diet for the next 6 months. 2015-04-05T09:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/03/29/winter-is-coming/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1228.jpgIMG_1228Some tequila shots were involved in the making of this photo. https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1221.jpgIMG_1221Best little steakhouse in CT.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1220.jpgIMG_1220https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1217.jpgIMG_1217Thank you, Origin Coffee!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1215.jpgIMG_12152015-03-29T15:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/03/23/l-is-for/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1209.jpgIMG_1209Lunch on at the Waterfront.https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150322_121815.jpg20150322_121815https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1210.jpgIMG_12102015-03-23T18:31:25+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/03/21/closing-out-week-one/https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1206.jpgIMG_1206https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1204.jpgIMG_1204Kip dreaming of Braai (South African word for BBQ)https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1200.jpgIMG_1200https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1198.jpgIMG_1198https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1197.jpgIMG_1197My new friends!https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1191.jpgIMG_1191https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1182.jpgIMG_1182https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1175.jpgIMG_1175https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1174.jpgIMG_1174https://elephantsabroad.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1173.jpgIMG_1173Pool with Lions Head views. 2015-03-21T15:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.me/2015/03/19/hi-from-cape-town/2015-03-19T18:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://elephantsabroad.medaily1.02016-04-22T21:39:42+00:00