A very nice weekend . . .

Here are a few pictures from our weekend at Keurboom river resort. I want to thank ALL my friends with whom I had such a nice time there. I can't wait for the next outing.

Picture near my field landing.

A few weeks ago I did run out of fuel, while returning from a epic flight at a nearby water dam. It was only 3Km from 'home' but the terrain was so difficult and remote, it took me hours to get any help. The fact that it got dark while walking with the motor on my back, did not help either. Anyway, while looking over my old track logs, I saw the one flight from last year, which had a similar return path. I quickly checked for pictures I took during that flight and  guess what: One single picture was taken and it was at the exact spot (+-150m) from where I was forced to land. The only difference was the altitude :-) Should I have had this height while my engine cut off, I should have easily glided the 3KM to home. WTF This is life :-) 

Capetown Vacation pics.

Emerei. Michael, Marguerite and Marina at Hout Bay.

 Hout Bay - Panorama picture.

 Old ship in the dock - Capetown.

 Unknown butterfly at the Butterfly farm.

 Wild dove at the Butterfly farm.

Cape Parrot at the Butterfly farm. 

 Marina with friend at Morgenhof Winery.

 One more wine tasting to come . . .

 Marina, Marguerite, myself and Michael on Table mountain.

 Emerei, Marguerite and Marina on Table mountain.

 Marguerite, Marina and Emi on Table mountain

 The whole family on Table mountain.

Myself with Emerei on Table mountain.

A few more pics from our holiday.

And finally, here are a few more pictures from our Buffel's bay holiday. What a nice time I/we had there.

Our Guest House as seen by Google Earth.

Buffel's Bay beach.

My self with Marina and Michael.

 Emerei at the "wheel" of John Dorry.

I and Marguerite on the boat.

Yeah, I do watch TV, once in a blue moon :-)

Michael at the "wheel" of John Dorry with his friend Rudolf and the Captain.

The Family :-)

In the Army now . . .

My son Michael got himself some 'camouflage' clothing to wear, while 'working' on his Grandfather cattle ranch in Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape, South Africa. I remembered, I too had some old 'camo' clothing. I got that while doing border patrols in the Kruger National Park as part of my police training. That was a 'dark chapter' of South African history. The Lebombo hills are part of North-Eastern boundary between Mozambique and South Africa. In those years, terrorists (or freedom fighters - depending on which site you were on), used to infiltrate South Africa from Mozambique. We did regular patrols along the electrified border fence, in searing heat, with all sorts of wild animals around us. Now, back to present day, and after a hour or so of searching, I managed to find the clothes in a old box I kept in a corner in the garage. It brought back lots of memories. Almost 20 years has gone by. A long time in everybody's terms. Things have change a lot since then . . . Thanks God, my son does not have to worry about things I had to worry in my youth.