Kirsten and herĬolleagues are doing great things to help protect and study these terrific little Taxon in South Africa that is listed at any level of threat. Is a subspecies of Blue Monkey that is endangered. She is so incredibly fortunate to live in such a great location …onlyĪ few minutes’ drive away from her study subjects, the Samango monkey. We finally reached Hogsback and got settled in at Kirsten’s wonderful Inįact, she seems to like me more than she likes Kirsten, but don’t tell Kirsten (Well, in truth, we actually bonded,Ĭassie and I, and when we got to Hogsback she slept in my bed both nights. I believed in heaven and I believed one needed to do 10 deeds before entering….I’d I count this as one of my major accomplishments in self-sacrifice. “dog person.” Yet, the person below rode in my lap almost the whole way to SEVEN CATS back in Oklahoma, i.e., I am not even remotely what one would call a Oh, and did I mention the lack of air conditioningĭid I mention we were riding with TWO DOGS in the cab with us? And, if we’ve not met, do you know that I have Teach Kirsten the very important skill of “popping the clutch.” Pretty much 80% of the time we stopped theĬar we he had to push-start it. Let’s just say that I had the opportunity to ![]() Sometimes want in a vehicle: when one turns the key in the ignition, oneĮxpects the car to, um, start. It was a horrible vehicle, but it lacked one of those nice featurees you – but I believe the actual definition of “backie” is “deathtrap.” It’s not that The South African term for pickup is “backie” Well, it has something to do with our vehicle. Well, frankly, some cars could likely do this in about 9 hours. Out from the far WEST of South Africa and the trip was SUPPOSED to take aboutġ0-11 hours. Hogsback is in the Eastern Province of South Africa (see map). Next morning (February 26), I took an early taxi to Kirsten’s
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