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Travelling

My cousin in East London is getting married next weekend and we are leaving on Thursday on the first leg of the trip. Two and a half hours to Grandma and Grandpa's house in the Free State and then about 8 hours to East London. We are all looking forward to seeing all the cousins on my side of the family and of course my kids' favourite Uncle Iainy is also there!!! So how much beach time will we be able to cram into so short a weekend? As much as possible seeing as we are real Vaalies, Reagan has never even seen the ocean and Peter and I can't wait to see what she will do with this HUGE sandpit. Mackenzie I think has also forgotten just how vast the ocean is so we are all really looking forward to digging our feet into real sea sand! Wish us luck for the looong trip and watch this space for an update...

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  1. JustineMarch 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Ah that is so nice, you are lucky to be going to a warm sea. When we took James to the sea, he didn't even notice the water, it was just sand sand sand all the way. Fortunately the closest sea to us is only about 2 hours away and we plan on going there often to beat the heat. Safe travelling, I am envious, I love that road, it is so special to me. Enjoy!

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