Sharing Our Home In Him; 8821.8 Miles From Home: The Final Days

Yesterday and Today have been our two set "off" days. We finished up our VBS on Wednesday. As I mentioned in my previous post. I had not set an alarm for the first time in a couple weeks. So we were all SO excited we could sleep in. So naturally...we all woke up at about 6:30/7. Normally how it goes right. Anyway, after we decided to get moving we all blared music in the house, and packed. Figuring out what fits where, seeing if it weighs more than it is supposed to. Also learned that 23 kg is equal to 50 lbs. Never would have remembered about the conversion...we all got majority of the way packed except with our stuff we were using the next couple days. Then we put in the french toast bake we had made the night before, and ate and had coffee outside on our beautiful morning.

I actually have a lot of room in my bag, i was impressed. We went to a tea estate (which literally looks like a vineyard but its MASSIVE.) It was so pretty. So we got there and did tea tasting. It was very unique. I'm not really a tea drinker, but it was cool to see and try and learn how everything works. Then we went to this little place that is straight out of a book. It had like stone archways and flowers and vines and the rooms are like these quaint little rooms with giant canopy beds overlooking a fountain outside with lights on the trees. It was perfect. Like I said, I have picture and video of it, but it was so cool. So there we got tea and cake and scones which were really good. Then we just sat outside and actually met a group from Chicago. Such a small world. We were there all afternoon then came home and grilled burgers and made some other stuff and ate. Then played banana grams awhile then everyone went to bed. Melissa and I watched Friends a little while, then we went to bed.

Today we went to Majete National Park. It is about 45 minutes away and then you drive on a dirt road for a while and then drive and look at the animals. There is also a dam in the park that we were able to see. It was such a beautiful day so it was great to be outside. The pictures of the dam don't do justice as to how huge it was. We were able to see Elephants, Hippos, Impala, Waterbuck, Nyala, Baboons, and Sabel. It was such a great time. The Elephant were huge and we were surrounded by a great big group of them so they were walking around our car. A little terrifying when they walked towards the car but it was exhilarating! Then we did see a Hippo in the water which was fun. It didnt come up much but it was still cool to see one up close. The other animals we saw many of all around us throughout the park. Now, no safari is complete without a little glitch. So we got a flat tire....and luckily no animals came at the point we were out of the car :) I make it sound more dangerous than it was....in the 45 minutes we were there, we truly didn't even see as much as a bug. We were in the deeper part of the park.

That's it for these two days! Off to bed and we fly out tomorrow!