Just before heading to the Vancouver Airport I called my 87 year old Mom to say goodbye. She did not seem right and after some prodding told me she had an accident with her scooter and had been taken to the hospital. She had gotten the scooter stuck and tried to get it to move and slipped and fell hitting her head on the sidewalk. An ambulance was called and she was taken to hospital for observation. After about 4 hours of tests she was allowed to go home. She felt sore and had a bit of a headache but was otherwise fine. I asked her how her scooter was and she did not know as it was left at the scene of her accident. My sister, Jenny lives about 5 minutes away from my mother but was working at the time. As we were waiting to board our flight to London, Jenny called and let me know she would go over and check on Mom in the morning and try to track down the scooter. This was not the way you want to leave on an extended vacation. When we arrived in London I checked my email and Jenny had found the scooter. My Mom had fallen in front of a small grocery store and a clerk had called 911and when the ambulance took Mom to the hospital the clerk took the scooter into the store for safe keeping. Good to know there are still very nice people out there.
Rita and I are staying with my cousin Lis in London and we had a lovely reunion with her family, who we are very close with. The main reason for the family get together was to celebrate our 16th anniversary of meeting each other on a plane departing from London. After making a toast to Rita and I we were all sipping champagne when my cousins daughter, Holly made a very an even bigger announcement. Holly and her husband Rob are going to become parents. Rita and I felt really blessed to be part of the baby announcement as we attended their lovely wedding September 2012. What a roller-coaster 48 hours we experienced but in the end it was all good news.
Lis drove us to Heathrow on Sunday night for our flight to Johannesburg. The bad news is that it is a 10.5 hour flight. The good news is that it departed at 9:30pm so we could get some sleep on the plane. We arrived at 10:00am and had a 3 hour wait for our flight to Richards Bay. After a hearty breakfast, we boarded the 1.5 hour flight to Richards Bay, picked up our rental car and drove another 1.5 hours to Zulu Nyala. Other than getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road and dealing with very strange passing techniques (on a 2 lane highway, drivers who are slow move over onto the shoulder to allow the faster cars to pass them) the trip was uneventful and we arrived happily at our Safari Lodge at 5:00pm. Checked in, had a very much needed shower and went for a walk about on the property before heading to the bar for our first of many gin and tonics. The temperature is a lovely 26c with a breeze. Tomorrow morning we meet our Ranger, Mark and head out on our first Safari. Can't wait.
Max (the lab puppy), Rob, Holly, Rita, Lis, Geoff, Charlotte, Matt, Pip and Tilly (the two Yorkies)
Rita Celebrating after 16 hours of traveling from London to finally get into our room at Zulu Nyala
Zulu Nyala looking across its crocodile pond
Rita and I are staying with my cousin Lis in London and we had a lovely reunion with her family, who we are very close with. The main reason for the family get together was to celebrate our 16th anniversary of meeting each other on a plane departing from London. After making a toast to Rita and I we were all sipping champagne when my cousins daughter, Holly made a very an even bigger announcement. Holly and her husband Rob are going to become parents. Rita and I felt really blessed to be part of the baby announcement as we attended their lovely wedding September 2012. What a roller-coaster 48 hours we experienced but in the end it was all good news.
Lis drove us to Heathrow on Sunday night for our flight to Johannesburg. The bad news is that it is a 10.5 hour flight. The good news is that it departed at 9:30pm so we could get some sleep on the plane. We arrived at 10:00am and had a 3 hour wait for our flight to Richards Bay. After a hearty breakfast, we boarded the 1.5 hour flight to Richards Bay, picked up our rental car and drove another 1.5 hours to Zulu Nyala. Other than getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road and dealing with very strange passing techniques (on a 2 lane highway, drivers who are slow move over onto the shoulder to allow the faster cars to pass them) the trip was uneventful and we arrived happily at our Safari Lodge at 5:00pm. Checked in, had a very much needed shower and went for a walk about on the property before heading to the bar for our first of many gin and tonics. The temperature is a lovely 26c with a breeze. Tomorrow morning we meet our Ranger, Mark and head out on our first Safari. Can't wait.
Max (the lab puppy), Rob, Holly, Rita, Lis, Geoff, Charlotte, Matt, Pip and Tilly (the two Yorkies)
Zulu Nyala looking across its crocodile pond
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