Our Life on the Road

Hi,

Neil & Cheryl from Maryborough in Qld.

Not yet retired (2 -3 yrs to go) but can't wait to get into some serious travelling.

Regards,

Neil

Martin and Sylvia.3grown ups,4 grandkids,one Staffie pup.Both retired and about to get on with life.No set travel direction,we are just going to drift wherever the road takes us.

7th generation South African born in PMB.  Grew up in the Karoo.  Studied Art, Agriculture and Business Economics, none of which I ever really put to use.  Married an American, came over here, had a daughter and a son.  My husband was a bastard and so one day I packed my bags and headed home.  Best thing I ever did for my kids.  They grew up in S.A. and received a real education.  

They, being Americans, decided to move to the US in 1992.  I visited for a month in '93 and went skiing.  Ooh.  A tad different from water skiing also a bit difficult to get up wearing a back brace like a straight jacket.  Great for laughs tho.

Went home and decided my kids and grandchildren were more important than the rest of the family so came back in '94.

Spent 1999 - 2000 back in RSA.  I drove all over by myself without a single hassle.  I simply took whatever road I felt like in the general direction I was heading and found some truly incredible scenery.  The drive east from somewhere in the Free State where I saw a road sign - DURBAN - and took it, was Fantastic.  Out of Free State and beautiful roads onto cliff hangers with absolutely no verge between wheels and eternity.   I decided that if I went over, it was OK, I'd bump right into God as this just had to be where he lived.  All my life in SA and I'd never been across the Southern Drakensberg.  The potholes were a tourist attraction all by themselves.  Hard to appreciate the beauty and dodge sink holes n the road.  It was worth every new grey hair.

Will dig up a photo sometime soon.