Taking the in-law's home.

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Their temporary home, as they flew down to visit us for 7 days.
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I like to post current events and views in my daily posts, as it prevents a stale output.

We have not seen my wife's parents for the past 8 years, and it was wonderful to see them again. They live far up north in the country and decided to fly down for a visit. Something like, if Moses won't come to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Moses. Lol.
In any case, we made sure that they had a good time, and we took them around to show them some of my favorite spots where I go to take photos.
Fortunately, the weather was not too bad, only cold at night and rain on one day. I told you that we are entering the winter season, and the cape is a winter rainfall area. Amazingly, just over the nearby mountains, it is all summer rainfall areas, and that's why one of the reasons that the apple farms produce such high-quality apples, is because the trees sleep well in the cold. The apples are exported to many countries, and the brands are famous.
Let's get back to the road trip.

As we rounded a corner in the town, some residents were taking a stroll.
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Wild guineafowls in the suburbs, and they rule the roost.
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These two pedestrians had to make a quick move to the sidewalk in order to get away from our car. Of course I slowed down, as over here we respect the right of way of all pedestrians.
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Just a last look at this crowd, and they were quite a big family as there were also some others further back.
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I took this on the way back, after dropping the folks at their temporary home.
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Just some lovely shots of that mountain that you saw in the first picture.
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And finally, this is a shot below of the nearly full moon.
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The reason for our not seeing the in laws for 8 years, was that we relocated Papillon down to the Western Cape, and we were in full time activities to establish Papillon down here. So many things took place during those 8 years, and it kept us busy full time. We also had to move several times, which didn't make things any easier. You have seen the first spot that we visited in one of the previous posts (paragliding), and I will show you some other places that we visited with the in laws soon.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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🎉🎉🥳 Congratulations 🥳🎊🎊


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Always a pleasure having family, hopefully not 8 years to next visit. Having family inland never makes it easy to always manage visits that easy.

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Ah, guilty as charged and yes, it was way too long. We had a wonderful time with them, and agreed that more visits are a priority, as no one is getting any younger. A problem is that I have some urgent medical procedures to go through such as lower spine fusion for one, left knee replacement, and some other repairs that will take some time to heal. So, we will see, maybe in a year or two.
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Don't feel guilty, I'm just as bad, half family inland half at the coast, simply don't enjoy going inland.

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Oh yes, and if the roads were safer, one can often drive up, but now it would be4 tempting disaster. The air tickets are also very expensive, and so it is what it is.
!PIZZA

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Very much the same from this side, easy to plan not so easy to simply go and do. !LUV !PIZZA

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For us not so easy to plan, as it's an expensive business nowadays. We have discovered that it's my very low iron levels that causes the cramps in my legs, as now, after the latest iron infusion, the cramps are gone. Driving with leg cramps is certainly not a pleasure, and the dangerous roads for many hours will be not very much to my liking. Besides, the infusion will only last for a short time, and then I will have to go for another one. Not fun.
!PIZZA and !LUV

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It's wonderful to see loved ones again after a long time apart, especially after eight years apart. It seems you really made sure to make their visit a memorable one.

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