Yet Another Road Trip!!

Most everyone has told us that Cape Town, RSA is a must-see.  Based on this advice we decided we needed to go south.  The options were to fly, which is fastest but misses the country.  Some American friends took the bus to Jo’burg, then the train to the Cape.  It was an exciting trip with train breakdowns (plural) and consequent missed bus connections to return.  Given the stress in traveling here, I didn’t relish the additional stress and expense.

Then our friend Dave, who married a lovely lady from the Cape, told us about driving non-stop from Gabs to Cape Town to ask the parents for the hand of this fair lady.  Well, if Dave could drive both ways non-stop, surely we could do it by breaking it into parts.

So, we got a good deal on a car rental, which I picked up early Friday AM, and we headed south.  We got away about 0830, with a GPS-forecasted arrival a bit after 1400.   We stopped to cross the border, to get petrol, and that’s about it.  Oh yes, we stopped once more when I was caught by a famous Batswana Police speed trap.  

By doing this hurried travel, we arrived at about 1605.  Alas, the Big Hole (Diamond mine museum) closed at 1700, and we are really slow seeing these things.  Too late!

But there woudl be another day for the Big Hole.  We had our face set towards the Cape, and we still had many miles to go. 

Getting anywhere take time, effort, and patience.  This trip would be no different.  Any place worth going takes commitment.  This trip took plenty of that.

There are a lot of lessons on the road.  Even if your road is just a day-to-day  trip through life.