Well we had a very nice and quiet weekend.. Jacob hung out with his friend Steven while the rest of us bummed it on Saturday... Yesterday we headed out to some friends of ours(they live about 12 miles out of the city) completely in the bush..We went swimming, had lunch and dinner and enjoyed the sunset.. All the kids enjoyed the spread and Jude came home with some war wounds... A busted lip, a bloody foot , 2 large thorns in his foot, he fell in the pool, plus he did not take a nap.. Needless to say he was fast asleep as soon as we got in the car....
On a side note... We had plans to go about 6 hours north of us to camp at the Nata Lodge... It's a great place, out in the bush and is completely remote.. We stayed there for a night on our first trip up to Chobe, and wanted to go for a few nights camping over this holiday weekend.. Well it just so happens Michelle had to work today and that bit of news cancelled our plans...
I found out this morning that the place just burnt down due to a bush fire...
http://www.travelwires.com/wp/?p=2664 .....
So due to the unfortunate news of michelle working, we were able avoid a fire or the unfortunate problem of driving up on a place only to find out it had burnt to the ground.... It was a great place, and the first place we ever stayed in our travels through Botswana.....It's also where I remember all these big South African men stealing all of our honey... Inside story...
So instead, tomorrow we are going to take all the kids across the border to camp (really camp) in the bush at Botsolano game reserve... They have all types of animals except for the predators... so it's safe.. THis will be our first attempt to camp out in the wild with Jude and Franny, so we are keeping our fingers crossed...
We figure we should try everything before we go, and this is one thing we have yet to accomplish.... so scorpions, snakes, corn crickets, lizards..... look out! Jude is coming and he'll eat you if you cross his path...
TO those of you who have voted and put you contacts on our followers page... Thanks... It's nice to see that people are still keeping up with this thing...
HOpe all is well at home...
