Sunday, October 2, 2016

An African Adventure

In August, we took a family vacation to Victoria Falls. If you are not aware of Vic Falls, they are  big (355 feet high and 1 mile wide) and awesome. We drove more than 1000 miles through South Africa and Zimbabwe. We eventually arrived at our destination, and spent about 4 hours total at the falls and the rest of the time running after Avery. Here are a few pics.



It is the dry season, so the falls are not at their peak.


There is an insane amount of mist that arises from the falls. At certain times of the year, you cannot see anything. We did manage to get quite soaked while we were there.



One afternoon, we walked from our hotel to the Victoria Falls Hotel. It is a pretty neat, colonial-style hotel that has hosted the British royal family. This is where Avery had high tea to celebrate her first birthday. We left her and went and took a nap. Joking. We did feel very English. 


Mandi is quite fond of her.


So am I. 


We went swimming every day. 


This is right before Avery pooped in the pool. Seriously. 


She really liked drinking the pool water. We did not encourage that behavior. This is a pre-poop photo as well. Sorry for the legs in the pic. Not my choice.


We visited a crocodile farm. I instructed Avery not to tease the crocs. That is a picture of a croc with a human arm hanging out of it.  The farm had more than 10,000 crocs on site. Really cool place. And yes, I wore Crocs to the farm.


Avery holding a baby croc.


BIG crocs being fed. This is the first time we have ever seen Avery scared. We think it is good that she has a fear of crocs. 


We went on a river boat cruise on the Zambezi river. It was very beautiful.


Saw lots of elephants, crocs, kudu and monkeys. The two and a half hour boat ride was a bit long for Avery (and us), but we had a great time nonetheless. 


Overall, it was a great family excursion. Not easy and sure, and in hindsight we would have done some things differently (like fly instead of drive), but who cares now? Fun times. Thanks for your support and for loving us even when we take time to get away.


5 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing. The photos are amazing of the falls. Love the ones of your beautiful family.

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  2. Thank you for sharing. The photos are amazing of the falls. Love the ones of your beautiful family.

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  3. Thank you for sharing. Love the pictures and the updates!

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  4. Awesome. Thanks for sharing the sights and smiles!

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  5. This is so great! And it would be concerning if you didn't take some time to get away, so I'm glad you were able to take a break from the non-stop life at NLH. :)

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