The Skinners

After the thrilling visit to Kimberely we went to the airport early because there was nothing else for us to do. The Kimberely airport is tiny. One small café and seating for 50 people. That is, it. Wouldn’t you know it…. Our flight to Johannesburg was delayed due to rain storms. Then delayed again. We finally got on board and got to our guest house close by the Johannesburg airport after 11 pm. We had a short night sleep and were up early to be picked up for the 4-hour drive to start our safari. The gentlemen that picked us up was named Daz. He was great. He talked to us the whole trip about South Africa and what we were seeing on the trip. He is a true wealth of information. We finally arrived at ... read more

This is a long one. Get a cup of coffee and settle in for a read! We arrived in Cape Town exhausted but it was 11:30am… ugh. We grabbed an Uber (yes, there is Uber in Cape Town) and headed to our Airbnb. Check in was easy and Jan our host was great. The apartment was in the city center near the Parliament. Jan gave us some tips on where to go for provisions and reminded us that tomorrow is a holiday and most places will be closed…. Great. Well, everything was closed that day as well. It was Sunday. We will have to go out tomorrow morning to find breakfast. Before long we landed at Beer House. We sampled some local beers and had a bite. By about 3pm we got a second wind that ... read more

Geo: 18.4672, -66.1179Since we had to fly through San Juan to and from the BVI we decided to spend a little time in Puerto Rico. We arrived from the airport, went right to the apartment and dropped our bags. I had read about a beach near the capital building in San Juan that was loaded with beach glass. We freshened up and got a cab to the beach. It was a beautiful beach on a beautiful afternoon. The shoes came off and we were soon staring at the sand walking down the beach. We spent about and hour and had a huge bag full of beach glass. Even a few small pieces of blue (rare) glass. From the beach we headed into Old San Juan. Oh the tourists. There was a huge cruise ship in port ... read more

Geo: 32.7157, -117.162We landed at LAX on time but due to not enough gates we sat on the runway for 55 min waiting for our gate to open. We had just enough time to get back to my Dad's, have a quick bite to eat grab the dog and race back to San Diego to meet the Mustangs being delivered. Done!... read more

Geo: 44.76, -85.6159We drove from Charlevoix to Traverse City for the wedding. We had booked a great "Up North" cabin very close to the wedding venue. We got to the venue in time to help do a little set up and be there for the rehearsal. After the rehearsal we went to North Peak Brewery for the rehearsal dinner. They had a great IPA on cask that was tasty and impressive. After the dinner we went back to the hotel where Kim's family were staying and had a bonfire on the beach and made s'mores. The next day we had some time before the wedding so we relaxed by walking around down town Traverse City, having a few beers. We went back to the cabin where we took a row boat out on the lake just ... read more