DAY 1
Hi RVators,
Having finished building my RV, flying it around the cabbage patch for about 60 hours to proof it is safe and a worthy travel machine, it was time for it to stretch her legs?a long trip, 2500 miles along our Beautiful South African Coastline. Initially I was going to do it with the company of 2 other aircraft Cirrus SR22?s, but they decided not to join, so it was me, my wife and my RV?
Day 1:
Route WEST: Springs, Klerksdorp, Kuruman, Upington [FAUPl] to refuel, along the Orange river, West coast Alexander Bay, Down SOUTH to KleinZee[FAKZ].
The initial plan was to do a clock wise route, but due to anticipated bad weather along the eastern coast, I changed it the other way around, West coast first.
Getting ready to leave at sunrise, Bags and Jerry Fuel can handy. Why the Jerry can??? Cause I run my right tank on Mogas and most airports don?t serve Mogas.
Me and my wife ready and at the start of our adventure!
The predicted weather was good with only one single rain cloud close to our departure point over Vereniging, but not in our path. It was a beautiful sight.
There are some beautiful mountain formations on the route to our first stop Upington
Refueling with a Regional Jet in the background
A pretty picture at Upington with the Blue African Sky begging us to take flight again.
From Upington, we picked up the Orange River, we plan to fly it all along it, the border of South Africa to the Western most point. . This area is quite barren, semi dessert, to full dessert as you fly along the river to the west coast. First on the Orange River agenda was the Augrabies Waterfalls.
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