Botswana: Into the Okavango
It is a beautiful morning, and I wish we were spending the day exploring the hills. I use links to improve your experience using this website. Some may be affiliate links that pay me a Read More …
Botswana: Tsodilo Hills UNESCO World Heritage site
Into the Tosdilo Hills The Tsolido Hills rise 400 meters above the Kalahari. There are four hills: Male Hill, the highest and most sacred; Female Hill, which rises to 300 meters, covers a larger area Read More …
Botswana: To the Tsodilo Hills
A Long Day on the Road It is a gorgeous morning: A slight breeze (unlike yesterday’s relentless wind), blue skies, and bird calls. We eat breakfast in the dining room and then hurry outside to Read More …
Botswana: Leaving the Kalahari
This is the end of our time in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert A game drive on the way to Maun This morning’s game drive is combined with our return to Maun. We head again to the Read More …
Botswana: Deception Pan
Another beautiful morning. We are up a little extra early for today’s game drive, so it is just getting light as I eat my yogurt. We start off heading east into the sun, seeing the Read More …
Botswana: In the Kalahari
I have time to write this morning because my husband and I skipped this morning’s game drive. Our arrival late last night left me with too little sleep and no sense of where I was Read More …
Botswana: Arrival
By Air from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Maun, Botswana We wake to a beautiful morning, but I am having a hard time enjoying it. We have checked out and now there is nothing to do Read More …
Fog shrouds Morro Rock in California
My husband’s relatives live in California and used to camp on the state’s beaches. One of their favorite spots was Morro Bay, so they told us we had to stop there on our way up Read More …
California’s Central Valley
We leave the Bay Area on the long drive south to Los Angeles and soon the golden hills along I-580 become dry and desolate. Then, abruptly, we are in the midst of wind turbines. Rows Read More …
Hiking Angel Island, San Francisco
Friends have arranged an outing to Angel Island. This large island lies relatively unnoticed in the middle of San Francisco Bay. If you stand at the ferry terminal in San Francisco and look out into Read More …