Two weeks later.....

Our trip back to Johannesburg was slow with many a "stop/go" and several km spent behind a monster of an abnormal load truck, not to mention a breakdown of our camper van. This happened somewhere near Heidelberg and about a km from where we joined the N3.  We all stopped and contemplated our options, peered into the engine and just knew that this was not a quick fix job because the area covered in leaking diesel rapidly increased as we were checking things out. Several phone calls later we decided to leave Dick and one of the guys behind and the 4 other vans left for Johannesburg and the Maui depot. They had agreed to send somebody out to fetch Dick and the van. He was eventually towed in. I drove the one Camper in thorough the traffic and all went well, only to  run out of diesel about 2 km from the depot.The reason for this is that one has to hand the camper back to Maui with as little as possible diesel. Beats me, but then again stranger things happen. Anyway by about 16.00 the guys were taken their hotel and Dick and I transferred all out stuff into another camper for our trip back to Cape Town. We met with our group at the hotel for a last farewell drink and then we were off to have supper with our kids and to spend the night in the Krugersdorp Game park. A lovely time with the kids and a late arrival in the park, however we saw a lot of game the next morning. The facilities in the park does look a bit tired, but there was hot water for the shower.The next morning we took a trip to Pretoria to go and visit our friend Toti who is terminally ill. We chatted a bit and had a glass of champagne with her and then hit the road to Cape Town. We were hoping to get to Upington, but with all the road works and the late departure we only made it to Delareyville. The campsite was non existant but we stayed nonetheless. The next night we stayed in Calvinia and then we arrived in Cape Town by lunch time on the Thursday. Lovely to be back home and back to work on the Friday for me. Luckily it was only for 8 working days and as I am writing now, I am in my first day of official retirement and that is going to be a different journey all of its own.