After yesterday’s brutal 3:45 AM balloon call, sleeping in until 7:00 AM felt like an absolute luxury! My body and brain were thoroughly convinced we were getting full-blown beauty rest. Today is our final day in this incredible wilderness. The Maasai Mara will forever hold a special place in my heart! Our host Paul—who, along … More Private Chefs, Border Fun, and a Near Miss with a Buffalo
Oh boy, did 3:45 AM come early. Chuck and I usually treat anything before 8:00 AM as a personal offense, but knowing what was waiting for us made crawling out of bed a little easier. We gathered for coffee and pastries at 4:30 AM to attempt full human consciousness. Naturally, the hot topic over breakfast … More Sunrise Soars, Blooper-Reel Landings, and 82 Siblings!
Guess what time we got up today? Did you guess 5:30 AM? WRONG! We actually got to sleep in for a whole couple of hours! It is unbelievable what a little extra sleep can do for your mind, body, and soul. Happy Dance! Refreshed and ready, we transferred to our third camp of the trip: … More The “Bush Uber,” Outdoor Showers, and the Elusive Spotted Phantom
We finally did it, ya’ll. We took our brand-new, shiny motorcoach out for its very first “shakedown cruise.” For the uninitiated, a shakedown cruise is a fancy nautical term for taking a new ship out into the wild to see what breaks, what rattles, and what catastrophic user errors occur under real-world conditions. It is … More The Maiden Voyage: How We Survived 72 Hours in a Rolling Condo (With Minor Property Damage)
We wrapped up our last four days on solid ground in the glorious islands of Hawaii—and let me tell you, it was equal parts postcard-perfect, comedy of errors, and living history lesson. We kicked things off in stunning Honolulu. The weather was straight out of a brochure: warm, breezy, and carrying that heavenly scent of … More Hawaiian Paradise and Just a Few Bandages
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