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Hi Tedredrum,
I love your pre-TR so far. Nice sightings, especially the Otter

I hope you have even more wonderful sightings this year

Hi Morkel,

Thanks for joining. I hope the family is well! I'd gladly take care of the fees to be under your tutelage for a while. Enjoy your trip. I hope to add KTP to my next trip. It looks like an amazing place.

Daron

Just a few days to go.......

Thank you Hilda. The otter sighting came after 4 hours of driving around Lower Sabie and finding virtually nothing. We were headed back to camp and decided to drive over the bridge in the off chance somethong good was happening. What a great decision that was!

Take care,

Daron

Trrp-trrrrrrr,

Thanks for staying with me here. I had hoped to spend today packing, but instead was at a funeral all day long. Not a fun day....

Hopefully tomorrow I will get rolling with the packing.

Daron

Thanks Pumbaa. It truly was an awesome sighting. In about five minutes I snapped well over 300 pictures....

Daron

Heksie,

Thanks for joining! 7 pages isn't too bad. It took me 49 pages to catch up with Wendy's Easter TR.....

Don't know if we will make it to Satara on the 27th. I am one person in a group of 8 and will be at the mercy of some other people, but will certainly try. If not at Satara we will meet somewhere else during our stay.

Daron

VVV,

Thank you so much. Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us this time....

Daron

Philip,

It is hard to believe it is almost time to head to the airport......

Can't wait to be there!

Daron

Well we are down to three days now. We leave Los Angeles on Thursday November 22nd, which is Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. Traditionally it is a time for families to get together and celebrate and be thankful for the blessings they have with a huge turkey dinner. I love Thanksgiving dinner!!!!

So when we booked our flights we selected a flight that left at 2100 hours. That would give us plenty of time to spend the day with the family, stuff ourselves, and then go into a food coma for the 1st leg of the trip, which happens to be 11 hours to Frankfurt this time around.

A while after booking we received a notice from the airline that the flight time had been changed from 2100 to 1800 hours. Not ideal, but still workable for an early meal. A short time later we received another notice that the departure had been moved up again. Now it is at 1350 hours. For an international flight check in is 3 hours before departure. Airport food is not my idea of a good Thanksgiving dinner, but at least I will be on my way to Africa again!!!!!

Today was supposed to be a packing day. Sadly a friend and former co-worker passed away this week from cancer and the services were today.

I did manage to get all of the camera batteries all charged up and ready to go.

No real theme for tonights pictures, just thankful that I have them to remember the wonderful times we have had....

Here kitty kitty....



I know there's a leopard out there somewhere, but where did she go?????



There she is



The breakfast of champions...















That's all for now. Have a good day and till tomorrow.....

Daron

Sorry to hear about your colleague

Take a doggy bag for the Thanksgiving meal.

Great pics to view once again ...can just imagine how those two in the back of the car are.

Great all gear ready and batteries charged....you charged and fired up for the trip to SA.

Daron,

Heksie is bad-7 pages to wake up. But i''m one up on her-8 pages . MCP and all that!
I think I'm more excited than you are. This is going to be a TR of note, if the intro is anything to go by! Suberb. Kitties and more kitties. Just what I love! And Otter No matter how much I pray, and search, never seen one in over 30 years.
The kids have grown a LOT in 8 pages . Whatever it is that you feed them-keep it away from me.
Hope you have a fab trip, KNP will make up for all these minor inconveniences I'm sure.
ENJOY-Wish I could be there.

Daron:

I'm still back at the otter. WOW!!! Fabulous sighting. That must have been really special.

Sorry to hear about your friend .

You have some great photos already and I'm looking forward to seeing a whole lot more.

Sorry to hear you're going to miss Thanksgiving Dinner. Airplane food is certainly no substitute

So, you're thinking of KTP next year

Wishing you a smooth and uneventful flight, followed by fantastic sightings.

I remember your otter sighting being the best sighting, in my mind, of the year. I loved it Thanks for sharing again. It was not only the sighting, but the very unique pictures.

Love your puddytat and great to meet the family again.

Trrp-trrrrrrrr,

The camera batteries are full, but mine are on empty. Hopefully I will be able top sleep on the plane. Usually easier said than done, but I am being optimistic.

Daron