Day 12: Kruger, 600 Photos, and the Biological Marvels of Everything

Kruger is why I’m behind. Yesterday (Day 1 here), I was up until nearly 10 p.m. editing photos — and we had to be “at the gate to Kruger” at 5:00 this morning. Guides get priority entry into the park for the first half hour. Yesterday we did not. Today we did. Worth the 45 […]


Day 11: Elephants in the Street, Empire Lessons, and Arrival at Buckler’s

We didn’t have to get up too early — bags outside the door, breakfast, and off we went. The drive to the airport wasn’t long, though it was punctuated by an elephant calmly blocking the street. As one does. Lynn had taken my shaving kit into her checked bag (which is now about ten pounds […]