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No we had a combie and driver. We used him most of the days we were in the Cape Town area then had him drive us to Port Elizabeth via the Little Karoo. As I recall we spent the night in Wilderness, near George. Beautiful drive.

No, the guys in the pin stripes are the "Bunch of Yankees" The rest of us from north of the MD Line are just Yankees (and damn proud of it too)!:wave::wave:

Since 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening we have had 3.9 inches of rain in my rain gauge here at home, 2.8 inches of that falling last night!!

Lots of thunder and lightening during the night last night and about an ich of rain in the gauge this morning. Great day to be totally lazy today. Heaven forbid that I should work on my layout. I haven't done anything to it for six months, why start nowwall1wall1

The rest of our weekend and early next week are to be cool and sometimes wet. Lots of leaves down already!

47 F here this morning with a predicted high of 65. Lots of leaves on the ground, so the fall racking begins NOW:eek::eek: Great day yesterday as I got stopped by 3 or 4 trains as I moved around town doing errands. :thumb::thumb:

Beautiful fall day here today. Currently 58 F with a predicted high of 75. Low tonight of 47 and a high tomorrow of 60F

When we went down to the Cape from Cape Town we came back along the Indian Ocean side through Simonstown. Somewhere along that stretch we ate lunch at the Black Marlin Restaurant. As I recall, excellent food, as it was everywhere we ate in SA and Lesotho.

Yes, hubbly bubbly:thumb: We were having dinner at an outside restaurant one night while in Cape Town and kids a couple of tables away were doing hubbly bubbly:cool:

Biltong that I had (both kudu and osterich) was must more moist that what I think of as the beef jerky we buy here in the States. I would definitely pass on the fish biltong:eek::eek: although I would be happy for someone to pay my way to go back to Cape Town to check everything else out. Do you...

Glad that KCS is down your way, we'd probably make him stop short of townsign1 Reminds me of that old SP yard engine I see around here from time to time, except it is far worse:eek:

MadHatter, they had an item on the TV here today about the Cape baboons and all the problems they are causing as people move into the areas where the baboons have lived forever. When I visited the Cape they told us that the baboons could be very agressive so to give them a wide berth. You...

Be sure to try some biltong when you are in SA. Both he osterich (sp) and kudu are excellent:thumb:

If you are into listening to train horns you can come here and listen to them basically 24/7. We have the mainlines of the UPRR, the BNSF, the IAIS, the CN and also some action with the KCS and the Mexican National Railroad. The UPRR actually has several mainlines through this area and what they...

47 degrees here this morning with a predicted high of 75. The cool days are beginning to outnumber the hot ones :eek: Lots of leave on the ground already:cry: I had a 7:00 a.m. Rotary club meeting this morning and all the cars that were left outside last night had water vapor on the windows...

Are those pix taken on the BNSF north south line from KC to Omaha?

Do you think it was called "Broad" gauge because it was used to bring all the ladies of the night to the mining towns? Just a thought sign1:rolleyes:

I need to be more specific. Go to Rotary International, click on The Rotary Foundation and then on the left hand side of that page click on Educational Programs. I see you are listed as being from Cincinnati. I am sure I can find you a club to sponsor you if you are interested.

NKP Look at Rotary International and then look for Ambassadorial Scholarships. If after you look you think you are still interested please let me know. You need to have a Rotary club sponsor you and since the scholarships are competitive you would have to make yourself available for an...

NKP; How are you planning to pay for your post doc studies? Ever heard of a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship? May students I have worked with compare them to a Rhodes (speaking of South Africa!) Scholarship. Generally the scholarship is worth up to about $25,000 a year.