What a privilege to be in South Africa and see where we can help. The projects we are evaluating are exactly what we hoped for; wonderful people accomplishing amazing things for wildlife and educating along the way. It is so hard to choose which one to write about today… Russ picked this one… Impossible
Russ talks with Leon a local wildlife advocate YBK the bird that wouldn’t leave (Whole story coming soon) After touring just four wildlife protection sites we’ve had our eyes opened and our hearts touched. You can’t help but admire Libby who knows and loves her black eagles. All you can do is stand back in
Getting settled in takes a bit of doing. I didn’t realize how much I’d gotten used to instant access via my phone and internet. Using our Iphones in South Africa costs $1.50 a minute! A bit pricey for a nonprofit wouldn’t you say? Any way, after asking around we bought a prepaid phone this morning.
It’s getting dark outside and I’m sitting in this quaint little internet cafe in Roodeport South Africa. Russ is dozing off next to me on the sofa… hardly surprising we spent the last two nights on the plane… but tonight it’s a real bed… and a bath. I figured out a good way of getting
Ahhhhh! Where’s this? You got that? How about the…? It’s scramble time as we pack our bags for our South African wildlife conservation tour. It’s off to the airport in a couple of hours where three cute little grandkids will wave good bye (can do that at the Jacksonville NC airport). Our cat, Weasel, is
On any given day you’ll find Christo in the trenches fighting to save yet another rhino from a deadly poacher. In 2005 Christo co-founded the South African Wildlife Conservation Foundation with the primary objective to preserve South Africa’s beautiful wildlife. Today he is almost obsessed to save the rhino. For five years he has sought NPO
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What a blast we’ve had today! Fun at the beach with our daughter and family on Hammock Beach in North Carolina. Grandpa (Russ) built sandcastles for trucks and swimming pools for mermaids, not to mention the old “bury him alive” tradition. Because we’ve had so much fun and no time to work this weekend the VIDEO
After getting everything secured, getting fed tasty homemade spring rolls for leaving our Volvo with our son (fair trade wouldn’t you agree?), our cat Weasel, Russ and I left for North Carolina late yesterday afternoon. Today we drove thru New Orleans… a thriving city with definite remnants of the ravages of Katrina very visible. On
