Camping with Petronella ; KTP May 2016

[Lisbeth]

Lions among flowers

[Alf]

Amazing picture with the lion and very dark clouds in the background

[GavinW]

Thanks everyone

We tried to spot them again by driving the loop road around Melkvlei, but they had settled for the day, so we turned around and headed off to Kij Kij and the lower dune road.

People always say that there is nothing to see on the dune roads, and tend to speed over them in order to get to the next productive riverbed.

This was pretty evident by the state of the road today.

Jock straps and sport bras stuff

That being said we had some stunning sightings , including this tree on a dune

(That’s me being really optimistic) No, actually I really liked the picture



A herd of Gemsbok, including the sweetest little baby.

How often do you get to see baby gemsboks?



A Kalahari Chicken



And a stunning sighting of a Secretary Bird

[nan]

you are so right, I saw a lot of interesting sightings... like Coursers

love the tree too
and baby Oryx
the chicken... on the braai before it makes lot of noise

[Lisbeth]

It is a lovely tree and a photo even better, Gavin

You are right, the gemsbok babies are not seen very often

[GavinW]

The wind picks up AGAIN!!!

Once we got onto the Auob River, we turned left and after a short stop at Auchterlonie we set off to Twee Rivieren

We came upon these ground squirrels with really bad sense of planning, having built their burrow right in the middle of the road.





A bit further on, we spotted these wildies on a mission.
They often seem to be determined to get somewhere in a hurry, but I am not too sure if they know exactly where



We stopped at Twee Rivieren, and I was excited that the petrol station was still functioning. They were waiting for a part to come before they could start renovations. We filled up the bakkie and carried on to Rooiputs

This Martial eagle posed nicely for us before we got back to camp.



The wind by now was terrible, so we spent about half an hour in camp checking that all our possessions were still secure and not somewhere between Rooiputs and Upington, before seeking refuge in the car once again.


At the natural waterhole at Kij Kij Debbie captured this tawny eagle taking off




The rest of the drive was fairly quiet (Besides the wind)

These gemsbok were on the side of the road near Rooiputs.



Supper that night was crackers, cheese and gherkins, along with more wine to help with the sense of humour failure which was now starting to set in, in a big way.

[Lisbeth]

Superb eagles

And I love the scenery with gemsboks

The squirrels are adorable

[Richprins]

Very good again, jockstrap!

Where is Petronella?


On our trips it's normally "Camping with Salmonella.... "

[nan]

love too the Eagles

[okie]

Great going GW BTW , who or what is Petronella