South Africa Update: Wild Hors?
If you’re someone who uses text messaging on your mobile phone, then you know it only allows short messages, another reason why so many of us substitute 4 for “for” and u for “you,” etc. Susan is pretty good at this and sometimes I have to think a…
South Africa Update: At the Roxy
Shortly after I posted yesterday I had a phone call from our intrepid explorers. They were sounding quite happy (and slightly tipsy) having just flown in to Cape Town and were settling into a “beautiful and ultra modern apartment” that John owns i…
South Africa Update: “Just when you thought it was safe …”
That’s right, there was no update yesterday as all I got was “Dad shopping, Susan golfing.” No, wait, I have that backwards. My reply was to go back to sleep. But today is a different story. Dad and Susan flew from Durban to Cape Town to meet up w…
South Africa Update: Holy Flying Cockroaches Batman!
I’m going to let Susan tell her story. This is what she messaged me this morning: “When two inch flying cockroach enters rented cottage, lands on wall, then sprayed by Angela, goes into frenzy, catipultes onto Susan, flicked onto Lindsay ??? Susan h…
South Africa Update: On Safari
While I was sleeping, Susan was texting me the following: “Yesterday saw new Durban football stadium for World Cup. Has huge arch with train car that goes to top. You can bungee jump from (the) arch. On the road now going to safari. Driving throug…
South Africa Update: Sugar Coast
Umhlanga (which Susan says is “pronounced umm shlon ga – no lie!”), meaning place of reeds in Zulu, is a resort town just north of Durban in an area known as the Sugar Coast … y’know, for those who don’t know this already. This is where our intr…
South Africa Update: Rump Strips
Word today is that Dad has lost his mind (must be the heat, no?). He has been eating and drinking things far from his usual meat, potatoes and beer. Who knows how long this might last. Next thing we’ll hear is that he loves pasta, cheese and garli…
South Africa Update: Baboons in the House
Susan messaged me in the very wee hours last night (for me 3 am, 10 am for her) ??? they had stayed in the mountains overnight on their way to Kloof and had an early morning visitor in the house, in the form of a hungry baboon. Said baboon apparentl…
Out of the Snow and into the Heat
Well, I’ve had a few text messages from Susan and it seems that she and Dad (Dave/Davie) have survived the 17-18 hour trip to South Africa. Apparently they stopped in Dakar late Saturday night (US east coast time) to refuel … the plane and, hope…
Glad I live in Atlanta now!
From the looks of the north, it’s been a heck of a winter so far. Here’s what Susan just sent me: From: Susan Milne Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 1:04:22 PMSubject: FW: Snow pix Pictures from last weekend???s snow fall ??? and another foot or more predi…
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