Jan – Feb A tale of my travels.

“Let your life tell the story of Christ’s love and mercy to the world around you.” RBC

It’s 4:30am on the morning of the 27th of January. I ease my stiff body out from under the covers to begin a 9000Km journey by road to Mbala, Zambia and then back to Cape Town. The question is do I want to do this?

But many times in life we very often have to do things that we would rather not do. Sometimes life is unfair. After a quick cup of coffee and the last minute throwing the remaining gear into the car I am off. Oh not forgetting the worst part of the start to the journey and that is saying goodbye to my babies, even though one is 15 years old. A big hug and (censored!!!!! long kiss good bye to Lynne) I am now off. Just praying that I have not left anything behind like passports, towel, underwear and other non essential items.

Accompanying me on this epic journey is my true and trusted friend, John Bowmer. We have done this trip together a number of times and really enjoy each others company. One last stop is to the padkos lady, Francie  , who has so graciously offered to feed us all the way to Mbala. Not sure what we will do on the return trip but those are the worries of another day. Today we eat and drink and be merry! Don’t worry it is fruit juice. No to drinking and driving!!!

Praise the Lord we have an awesome gale force wind pushing us from behind. I think that we can cut off at least an hour  of our travel time. A good stop on the side of the road for lunch and then back on the tar. Oh I failed to mention that we had to stop just outside Cape Town to have our last Wimpy Breakfast. Thanks Bruce!!!

Tonight we sit in the cool of the evening after an uneventful day in the heart of the Namaqualand and looking at a mongoose, who seems to be a local resident. Truly a beautiful evening!!!

Awesome first day and hopefully many uneventful ones ahead. Cross the border into Namibia tomorrow and make our way north through the desert. Thank you to the man who invented the air conditioner! These areas cook in the day.

650Km down and 8350Km to go.

Thank you Lord for the cool of the evening and a great day!