Did we make it?...

Once we arrived we discovered both our tents had survived (unlike our “neighbours”) we prepared dinner and then headed to the night show, which was really a sight to see. 

Part of the night show

There were planes with fireworks on them which was a delightfully new way to have a firework show, then they repeated the wall of fire which I really enjoyed, and even managed to get a few good pictures of it. 

Night time fire wall

Fire wall at night

Then we headed back to campsite, and finally to “Plakkerfontein.” Which is where the noisy bunch of South Africans hang out. They actually have a designed campsite where they have a storage room (for the tents and equipment) as well as their own set of porta-potties and they have even renamed their street (rows of tents have roads separating them , which I suppose helps when trying to find your green, blue or gray tent in a field full of them, it also helps that the roads are numbered numerically) until you get to Mandela Boulevard, which shines in all its safa glory.

Plakkerfontein!

We partied with the South Africans that night and Karabo even found a mutual acquaintance of a school friend. Once the festivities were over we headed to our tents, ready for rest … on our air mattress, apparently Americans know how to make camping comfortable.

Mandela Blvd, Oshkosh, WI

The next morning was marked by baking in the tent from the early morning sun rays, I suppose it could have been rain…or more wind so I am not going to complain! We had to take down our tents, pack up and drive back to Milwaukee, filled with memories and ready to share exciting stories my 16 days vacation was coming to an end…but that’s okay, by this stage I had started to miss the boys and AJ, and even Milwaukee, so bring on Monday morning…I think…

The decorated girls bathroom at Plakkerfontein