Day Thirty One     Road to Gobabis

Left at the reasonable hour of 8:30 am for our drive to Gobabis, a town not far from Windhoek and our last stop before returning the vehicles.

I started out the driving as I was hoping for a refreshing beer at lunch and Noel is always accommodating. The land was flat, the road was straight and the driving was very straightforward.  After all the excitement of the past month, it was rather sobering and sad to be returning and realizing that we wouldn't see the amazing wildlife that we had grown accustomed to.

Because the drive was so uneventful, it was probably the most difficult. Thank heaven for "Cryptic Crosswords" keeping our minds alert!  I was glad when Noel took over after lunch and continued the drive. As we drew close to our destination, we pulled off just a little before the town of Gobabis into some road construction and then a long, one-way drive of orange sand/dirt to lovely little ranch style bungalows with our rooms side by side. 

Sliding glass doors opened up into quaint little bedrooms and each had distinctive artwork, colours and styles but all were rustic and attractive. Cement floors and a huge wooden door for a bathroom door which swung halfway if you wanted bathroom privacy and full way if you wanted shower privacy. 
 

This particular place did have some interesting bugs but they seemed harmless so we ignored them.

Bill and Ricki ended up hosting an unplanned gathering at their place as they had the biggest patio and were the most central. Everyone just brought whatever booze they had left over and couldn't take with them on the plane the next day and we all shared a laugh and some nostalgia about our trip!

The staff pulled together a lovely dinner for us (we were the only guests) and we all hit the hay early as there certainly wasn't any nightlife here! (Except for the "spitting" ostrich behind the fence and we were all warned not to get too close!)

Almost at the end of our journey........JT