First of all, it’s important to know that my family is not rich. We never have been. At least by American standards.
My Dad saved his money for many years. A little bit from every paycheck. He didn’t tell anyone about it, but he had a plan.
About two years ago, Dad told me that instead of taking the kids to North Carolina (which we try to do once a year), we should start making plans to go to South Africa. I was shocked. He said that all we needed was to come up with airfare for our family to and from Johannesburg. He had arranged and paid for a ten-day private safari in South Africa for my family (four people), my sister’s family (four people) and my parents. Of course, we went. At the beginning of August we were in South Africa.
It was amazing! The private reserve/lodge where we stayed has a maximum capacity of ten people. We had a beautiful private lodge and their staff all to ourselves for one week. We had four professional hunters to guide us every day. After seven days of hunting and photographing, they took us to Pilanesburg national park for another three-day (photography-only) safari.
It was such an unbelievable, charming, beautiful, unforgettable experience.
Thank you, Dad.