We love going to military museums, so we couldn’t pass up the change to go to the SAAF Museum next to Port Elizabeth International Airport. It was really interesting and Papa was in heaven.

I’m not interested in the planes, helicopters or weapons used during wars, but the stories of the men and women who were sent to the front lines have always fascinated me.

I spent hours reading transcripts and descriptions of the airforcemen and what they went through and everything they experienced while fighting the second world war. It was devastating and tragic, but extremely interesting and eye opening at the same time.

I did not know that we had “War books” in South Africa. I spent quite a bit of time here, at this table.

The kids were done about 2 hours in and were starting to climb the walls. I decided that is was probably a good idea to get them out of the building and outside where they could eat a snack and run some of that energy off. They discovered this adorable aeroplane jungle gym outside and spent a good 2 hours playing on it while Papa went into the workshop where they are refurbishing and rebuilding some of the historic planes. He may have been geeking out there. I love doing things that bring him so much joy. It really is the little things that make us the happiest at any given time.

While we were there, Aunty Nan messaged me saying that there were dolphins just off the coast of Pollock Beach, so we hurried Papa up and got the heck out of Dodge to go see the dolphins.

This was amazing, the dolphins weren’t super close to the beach, but close enough for Papa to zoom in and get some really great photos of the dolphins jumping up. It was the highlight of our holiday. Who can say they saw dolphins in the ocean, out in the wild??? WE CAN!!! Thanks again for the heads up, Aunty Nan!

Pop in tomorrow to see our adventure at Addo Elephant National Park with Aunty Nan and Uncle Brian.