Bucket List: Explore a Different Part of South Africa

Talk about making hay while the sun shines. While on our annual trip to Knynsa, we decided to take full advantage of the fact that we were already on the road, and made a special trip to the Klein Karoo.

My kids are pretty "protected" in that they don't see much outside of their day to day environment. It's not something we've done deliberately, and we are attempting to rectify that by exploring our surroundings (and larger country) more; still, they haven't seen much of anywhere other than Cape Town, so taking the short drive over the Outeniqua pass from George to Oudtshoorn seem like a good idea. And we were not disappointed.

We went chasing the sun from a dark and misty Vic Bay, to a bright and warm Safari Ostrich Farm, and had a real treat. We took the tractor tour, and spent a good hour or so learning about Ostriches in general, as well as the farm itself, and the kids (and adults, except perhaps for Garth who is not a big bird fan) were in their element!

When we left, later the afternoon, we were tired in that we-just-had-the-best-time kind of way, and it felt great! Here's to doing more local stuff together - and to checking off more of our bucket list items this holiday!