March 2, 2019/February 27, 2020: Ambler Farm Who doesn’t love maple syrup? Last February we visited a maple farm (or Sugar Shacks in New England). Maple season usually runs from sometime in February to late March, depending on the year. It has to get below freezing at night and well…
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Table Mountain – The Heart of Cape Town
The first time I saw Table Mountain, I knew right away we would become best…
The Burj Khalifa Changed My Life
I can hardly put into words my tender feelings about this architectural masterpiece,…
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New England Fall
Shortly after we moved to Connecticut in July of 2018, I began thinking about fall! My sister and her family had lived in Philadelphia for 2 years and Rob’s sister JJ and her family had lived in Fairport, New York for over a year and both of them had mentioned…
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2,444 Miles
Centerville, UT to Hartford, CT… HOLY FRIGGIN’ CRAP even for adventurous folks like us, this was one heck of a drive! I am so glad we made this drive in the summer though, I can’t even imagine driving across 12 states in the winter! I begged Rob to stop at…
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Table Mountain – The Heart of Cape Town
The first time I saw Table Mountain, I knew right away we would become best friends. It is striking, quite literally the heart of the city. The whole of downtown (the CBD) is built around its base; a city built around the mountain. I absolutely love this incredibly unique feature about Cape…
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Finding Our New Home in Hartford
I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic this morning after a conversation we had at dinner last night with the Sister Missionaries. I started looking back at pictures of our home and excursions in South Africa and a stream of emotions, happy and sad came flooding back. I can’t believe we…
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Kruger National Park
Lions, and elephants, and rhinos – OH MY! We finally got ourselves out on a safari just a few days before we left South Africa. The Kruger National Park, yes they call it, The Kruger, is one of the largest nature reserves in South Africa. We flew into Johannesburg, on…
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Table Mountain National Park: India Venster
If you know Rob and I, then you know that we love to hike! We met on a backpacking trip, so I would say that’s a no brainer. While in Cape Town, we took every opportunity we could find to explore the many trails/hikes scattered throughout Table Mountain National Park. Rob had done…
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Silvermine: Table Mountain National Park
There are so many gorgeous places to hike in Cape Town. Last Friday morning while Rob was at work, a few friends and I hiked the Noordhoek Peak Circuit in an area called Silvermine. Silvermine is part of Table Mountain National Park. There is a reservoir right at the start of…
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Rain & Rainbows
The Western Cape is currently experiencing a serious drought. One of the worst droughts in decades. The city approved level 4b water restrictions, which began July 1. Insufficient rainfall and falling water levels in the dams  have brought on water crisis. The seasons in South Africa are opposite from the US, so…
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Volunteering in Cape Town
After working full time for the last 9 years of my life, I quit my job when we moved to South Africa. Not having a full time job has been incredibly wonderful in so many ways, but it has had its challenges as well. A few months after we got…
