Day 3: Mopani

October 31, 2008, Category: South Africa, Travel

Note: I have posted a small selection of the nearly 4,000 pictures we took on the trip. You can see them here. If you didn’t start reading on Day 1, you might want to start from the beginning… We went spotlighting last night, which was pretty cool. Saw a porcupine, bush babies, bush buck, duikers, kudu, […]

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Day 2: Punda Maria

, Category: South Africa, Travel

Note: I have posted a small selection of the nearly 4,000 pictures we took on the trip. You can see them here. If you didn’t start reading on Day 1, you might want to start from the beginning…  Yesterday when I asked Curtis if Africa was anything like he imagined, he said no way. The traffic […]

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Day 1: Johannesburg

October 20, 2008, Category: South Africa, Travel

This is the first entry of the trip I took with my 14 year old son, Curtis, to South Africa in 2008. We rented a car and explored the Kruger Park, camped in the bush with two rangers (where during our hikes we were charged by an elephant and saw all manner of wildlife, including lions). We also spent a couple of days in a private game reserve and wrapped up our trip in Johannesburg and Soweto.

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Seafair 2008 Pictures

August 6, 2008, Category: Blogs, Photography

My neighbor is in the Navy and brought over some passes for Seafair again this year and asked if I would get some pictures of their boat. The Navy sponsored a boat and painted it like the Blue Angels…cool idea! I’ve posted a few shots (taken Sunday) in this post and added them to my […]

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