Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

I’d have to say today was by far our most successful day. Not because of anything spectacular but because we saw a definite decrease in tears. Charlie is a creature of habit (I wonder where he picked that up!) and has been struggling a bit with our hectic schedule. And by struggling I mean throwing hysterical Read more

We arrived at Etosha National Park this morning. We spent about an hour and a half driving into our camp (Halali) we managed to spot zebras, giraffes, ostriches, wildebeest, springbox, oryx and an elephant in the short time we spent in the park. We had a pretty chill afternoon playing with some toys, swimming in Read more

After driving with our two kids under three through gravel mountain passes we figured it would be irresponsible to take them all the way into the desert in the middle of the summer (think daytime temperatures of 40C) so we decided to go in separately. Since there was no way I was going to drive Read more

DISCLAIMER: If you are someone who worries about us while we are gone, this is not the post to read. Instead, here is a summary: We went to the desert. It was hot. It was gorgeous. We are no longer in the desert. For everyone else: So our planning and decision making for this trip Read more