A New Day

I stood in the yard and gazed up into the sky. The cerulean heavens held puffs of gauzy white clouds drifting through it. I longed to be on...

He approached us with a squint in his eye and a low growl. My eyes darted left and right, looking for escape. I ran right to freedom. My sis...

Wandering towards the street, she looked left, right, left… Her foot rose from the curb. As she stepped, the blast of a horn stunned h...

The last of my days in Africa slipped through my fingers. We returned to Cape Town and I managed to sneak in a few more visits here and th...

“The spring flowers are a sight to behold,” promised my uncle. He didn’t have to sell me on one last excursion though. The suggestion alon...

I signed back into Bob’s and was greeted by Terry’s familiar face. “You have returned,” he exclaimed. Yup, I made it. I was back in downto...

The dark stole over us all of a sudden like, as seemed to be the way in Africa. Springbok lay behind us, but Cape Town was still a long way...

“ Think small, inconspicuous and less than attractive thoughts ”, I repeated to myself, as I leaned in close to the truck door. After my l...

As I left the hostel behind, I swung my pack onto my back for the last time on the road. Keetmanshoop was a small town and acted only as a...

My journal entries got longer and more verbose as the days went by. It was to be expected I suppose, as I spent most of my days alone. It ...

I couldn’t resist. I slipped my shoes off so that I could wiggle my toes in the sand. It was delicious and extremely therapeutic for my ac...

Dear Grandpa; You lead a full and satisfying life. To you, three daughters were born, and have since gone on to do you proud. They pre...

The day dawned on my first full day in Swakopmund. I was anxious to get in contact with relatives back home, so found a phone as soon as I...

I was never so happy as to touch solid ground in Swakopmund. I had no urge to look back at the truck that had carried me across the desert...

The happiness I felt at rolling along again was sadly short lived. While I received the luxury of sitting in the front seat, I quickly fou...

***APOLOGIES: *** As I began writing the next section of my tale, I realized that I made a mistake in my timeline (for those of you who h...

After driving through Rundu and Grootfontein, we ended up in Tsumeb, where I spent another night on the ground under chilly cloudless skie...

Dear Victoria Falls; home of temptation, excitement and over-indulgence to the extreme. I loved you with all that you represented, but had...

With money in hand, it was time to celebrate. First stop, grocery shopping.  I needed some staples in my depleted backpacking larder. With ...

I stretched my stiff and aching body. I had slept in some pretty rough places during my travels, but last night’s nest on the ground was ce...