2010 Raod Trip DAY 1 - Piet Retief

AND WE'RE OFF .......

Here we are 5h30am hooking the trailers and getting ready to Leave on our long awaited trip.

After 18 months of planning, making reseravations and payments.

LOADS of exictment ALL round.  Everyone is bubbling with exictement.

We pulled off 6h05am from Alberton to meet up with the rest of the group

for Breakfast at the Dros in Ermelo.

After which we continured on our Journey to our first over night stop over.

A one nighter, at Sundowner Caravan Park in Piet Retief.

the reason for this one nighter was to break the long distance and eliminate

being on the road too long.

We arrived in Piet Retief around 14h30.  In a blistering heat, everyone immediately set

about putting up their tents and sleeping quarter's after which we all hit

the tiny pool in the camp to cool down.

Then around 17h00, we started the fire to prepare the first evening meal,

while that was burning, we, Percy Mandy and Norman handed out surprise gifts

to the rest of the gang.  Two T-shirts each and a cap.

the T-shirts  printed in front with our flag on.

And our cap has "HKGKKKG" printed in the front.

That stands for {Hier Kom Groot Kak Kom Kyk Gou}...LOL

Then we proceeded with another game suggested by Dirk.

Just for the fun of it.  We have a Tribal council every night, where everyone votes for someone.

The person with the most votes, gets a Tribal Immunity necklace which they have for

the next 24 hours.

While they have the necklace they get special treatment and get to be waited on for the entire

24 hours.  They also get to give orders hehehehee.. or get people to do things for them. hahahahaa

[The necklace was created and made by Dirk Percy and Norman].

Tonights Immunity winner was Norman.   So he gets to be treated and pampered for the next 24 hours.

{Written by Mandy}



The making of the Immunity Necklace

Getting ready to leave

Just before we left home

 Everyone at the Dros in Ermelo

The Group Just before  leaving Ermelo

The Convoy

 Arriving at Sundowner Caravan Park in Piet Retief

 Hitting the pool after setting up camp

 Some of the people playing ' Boulle'
a game similar to Bowles

Ria looking very dangerous supposedly making salad

The handing out of the surprise gifts

 Tammy being ordered by the Ammunity necklace winner, [Norman]
 to do the Group excercise on top of the table
everytime the Peacock 'crows' or whatever it does
the entire group stands up and does a little exercise
very funny

 And the winner for the first night of the immunity necklace