Christmas in July 2009

We drove to Velorenkloof early (6am) Tuesday morning. After sitting in the car for 3 hours we arrived safely with a warm (well it was freezing) welcome from Uncle Al and Zoe. Ethan had just fallen asleep 5 mins before we arrived, (round about the same time I realised I had forgotten the two chickens in the freezer at home, which we needed for our special Christmas dinner) so we thought we could move him into his camp cot, but he woke and there was no way he was going to go back to sleep in this new room. Charles did a great job at unpacking the car. M@ and Zoe gave each other a big hug. M@ started to explore the surroundings. We were all getting hungry for lunch (even though it was only 9:30) as none of us had had breafast and started to explore the shaded braai area, which was a little cold for winter. But would be lovely for a hot Summers day. I started thinking of how nice it would be to have a similar braai area on my fantasy plot... (that I have been dreaming of) Then an hour l...