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Nice start Wonderful sighting seeing a Reedbuck and a Black Bellied Korhaan

Love the Rhinos too.....and the little klipspringers

So glad that you are keeping an eye on my rockies while I was on the other side
Now I don't care about a crisp breeze unfortunately-that is why I always pack extra blankets for the famdamily No bothering me and my Kruger air
See the S1 is just lovely bringing you some reedbuck and ellies

Great start cheetah And the first AmiNaLs being Rachel and Rebecca !! Lovely encounter with the nellyphant, the unmentionables and the klippies

What a beautiful morning it was . All the animals are dust free and sparkling, just ready to make unforgetable . Thanks for sharing

So true my lad! It is often the general game that makes a trip! And I certainly appreciate it more on the first and last day for some reason



Lets goooooo!!


Thanks Pumbaa!! Of coarse I can count on you to be on board for all my tales
I cannot agree more! Open windows for the win!


I know what you mean! The conceited Although the Korhaan did not have a trace of self recommendation. He is just confident in the sound that he makes

that is so trrrrrrrp trrrrrrrrrrr
Isn't it just beautiful?


Perhaps it is the case that Rheedbuck prefer a bit of rain?


Hi Miss Beeps! Would you care to hand out your popcorn to the others?? I see you bought 70 sated boxes You are leading! (wait until WendyA arrives to become your competition)


I am glad we are of the same orientation!!
Get in the car and GET TO KRUGER


Certainly Pedro! August and October are merely 2 months apart, yet the landscape is worlds apart
Welcome

Ja what can you do with senior burgers?
My ouma and my ma is Afrikaans! Myself and my dad can also speak Afrikaans She is a sweet ouma indeed!
You know these things


get ENTHUSED Glen!!!


It was a lekker combination of aminalle


ja we check out your rock jumpers for you Look at your S1 doing well for itself. You must be proud - mamma Phabeni


Thanks agent 5!!!


Thanks Barry The pictures can sometimes look better after rain! But generally, the clouds don't help

Day 2 Morning Continued

Now as we were sitting at the rockjumpertjies, my ouma started up a conversation about the 'senior burgers' (senior citizens) old age home trips to the Kruger. Apparently my ouma has come to Skukuza twice in recent times with the senior burgers and has not seen a single lion “But the senior burgers must learn to keep their eyes open on a game drive” my dad remarks while fiddling with camera settings. My ouma has long since accepted my dad's sense of humour and just continues to explain that it was only the men who saw Lions. Apparently the men go out on morning drives and leave the woman at home Now that was sommer upsetting! My ouma also wants to see Lions but they won't let her on the drive!!! I thought it was high tide that my ouma gets to see these Lions now! And almost on demand we round the corner to find the three Kings sleeping near the road!!!




The photos may not be much to marvel at, but I promise you my ouma was very, very happy!!





My dad was loving the grass at this point. Wonderful for focus


So my dad picked on my mom as an object of photography instead!


Do you see my mom's glasses? Those are her long distance glasses Not that they were needed much at this sighting, but very helpful usually. Otherwise known as 'The Game Park Glasses'. There has been a noticeable decrease in us stopping for logs We said goodbye to sleeping King Samuel


And said hello to RhinoceMonstrous!!!!!!

I don't know if the photo does his size justice, but he was a BIG Triceratops!!!! Don't get on the wrong side of me!!



It seemed the Kruger was dealing in big 5 now all of a sardine! I was hoping this tuskless Timothy was going to tell me how he lost his Tusks ...


However the angryphant had charging in mind instead!!!!



We headed in the direction of Paul's gate and of coarse had to stop in for a visit at Lake tranquillity. That wooden structure built upon the still waters. Dragonflies treat floating lilies as helipads and the Goliath skyscraper towers silently above the still surface.

Goliath fixes his glassy gaze towards the bottom of the lake.
Graciously waiting for a glint of gills to gorge on.

Tilt your neck backwards and observe Gandalf the Grey.

He muses up high in his towering tree,
Surveying the landscape and hobbits he sees
None more beautiful, or gifted in might
None of coarse besides: Sage Gandalf the White

So from Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings
I'm so so so glad ouma got to see her golden kitties and turn me into the direction of the oupas and I will give them a piece of my mind about not allowing her to join them in the morning drive
Love lake tranquility

Now how come you didn't let us know about the tuskless elephant. No signal or what?!!
You're 1-0 up on me now ...

Glad Ouma saw the lions too!

OOOOOH, i'm back to being a kid again with this TR. Nursery rhymes included
It goes:
Rain Rain go away,
come another washing day (at which point mother threw us all out so she could do the washing in peace )
Gandalf is here too Gollum not welcome. Oliphaunt -Ok, i'm resisting the temptation to go to that nursery rhyme.
Loving it-this TR I mean.
This rainbow is sure to produce GOLD-KRUGER GOLD. maybe 2+1+1+1cheetah?
Beeeautifool triceratops.

I'm here!!
Lovely start to your trip, some wonderful sightings.........gosh you're like your Mom (poor her!!)

True, the first day, and the last day I want to spend hours with the Impi warriors

Now coming to today's episode.

WOW Cheetah, What an amazing episode, full of Big 5

Lions are always soo special, Your ouma must be very happy indeed , The women not going on game drives , I know thats often the case with my mom, although the reason is because mom does not like early mornings, it is a mission trying to get her out of bed.

The Renoster is really does look HUGE even in the pic

Great pic of the birdies

Really enjoyed every bit of it.

The tuskless Elephant looks like an Asian elephant



Really enjoyed it.

Great sightings, glad ouma got to see her kitties No comment on your poetry

No wonder nakedphant wasn't happt to see you, must have a huge inferiority complex walking around like that

Nice to see mom

Awesome Tr and great photos
The "Pot of Gold" is getting bigger and bigger