We wake to a calm and pleasant morning.  But there is desert sand everywhere!   Maureen and I head for the showers at the same time and decide to deal with clean up after our morning game drive when it is light enough to see. The showers are cold again this morning and as the temperature of the day is cooler I don’t feel as tolerant about the cold water as I did yesterday!

We head North on our drive and see very little.  There is a family of three jackal that amuse us and watching the Lanners chase doves at the waterholes is always fun.

They are up to something

Annoying a bateleur

Earl has a tummy ache and we decide to return to camp. At 9:30 I give Earl a Myprodol.  An hour later the pain is gone!  It  It just 10:40 when we get back to Nossob and the delivery truck has arrived. However, very little  produce is delivered.  We buy water, ice a packet of tomatoes, bread and some canned foods.  I spend the next hour or so cleaning up the sand and wiping down the caravan.  Fortunately there is no damage.  We set up the side wall of the canopy and all is well again.

Maureen and Jim arrive an hour later and I take all the dishes from last night to wash.  I boil some eggs and make and add them to our left over salad which we all have for lunch along with some canned fish and 3 bean salad that Maureen produces.

After lunch Maureen and I both have  a bit of washing to do and to of course the lunch dishes are done before we go to the pool for a swim.  Earl has a nap and feels much better afterwards.

We go for our afternoon drive at 4:30 taking the South Road and Marie se Draai.  We stop to watch a PCG catch and devour a mouse.

On the way back on the Nossob road we see a traffic jam caused by 18 lions lying asleep all the way across the road.  We decide to turn around and go back via Marie se Draai.

Supper is a delicious Chicken and vegetable stew cooked by Maureen.  Stormy weather threatens and there is a spit and a spot of rain but nothing soaking.  We photograph a lovely rainbow and pray that more rain will fall.  The wind is blowing but not as violently as yesterday.  We watch the lightening for a while and then decide to turn in early.