Today’s goal:  Cross the border into Namibia.  What did this mean?  Waking up in time for 7am breakfast and hitting the road by 8am.  Surprise!  All twelve of us were ready to leave on time!  Unusual, I think, for a group journey.

The crossing itself was, thankfully, uneventful.  We had to “check out” three times from South Africa and “check in” twice, including having our temperatures taken, in Namibia.

Loading into the “Red Elephant”

Rocky vistas along the way

Lunch stop…where a couple in a nearby car was “engaged in interpersonal activity!”

Climbing onto the Red Elephant to help stow lunch gear was easy; getting down necessitated being carried by one of our guides!

Beautiful rocks where we stopped just before the border to make sure we were ready for the crossing

Felix Unite, our lodging for our first night in Namibia