{"id":3012,"date":"2015-12-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2015-12-21T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T04:56:14","slug":"wouter-and-tanyas-excellent-adventure-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3012","title":{"rendered":"Wouter and Tanya&#8217;s Excellent Adventure, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were on the road by 1\/4 to 6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110265r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110265r.jpg\" alt=\"P1110265r\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110265r.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110265r-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a sign just outside Bloemfontein, saying that due to the roadworks it was advisable to take the R30, which from experience is not a great road. I decided to go via Bethlehem \/ Vrede \/ Standerton &#8212; a route I&#8217;ve taken before. Stopped at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prosport.standerton\">Pro Sport Standerton<\/a> because we still needed a table, a hat for Tanya, and a braai grid. A long time ago I bought two guns off an old fellow in Vrede, and Pro Sport stored them for free until I licenced the one and a friend licenced the other. I&#8217;ll stop there every time I pass by, find something to buy. Their prices are good too.<\/p>\n<p>The road to Nelspruit goes via Badplaas, a place <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/lr\/trips\/moz2004\/page6.html\">I spent way too much time in once<\/a> &#8212; but the less said about that the better I guess.<\/p>\n<p>In Nelspruit we went shopping, buying food from the Spar, a cap for the teardrop&#8217;s Burquip axle from Nelspruit Trailer Parts, and way too much booze. Camped at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeviewlodge.co.za\/\">Lakeview Lodge<\/a>, again courtesy of google and a quick phone call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110279r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110279r.jpg\" alt=\"P1110279r\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110279r.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110279r-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110285r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110285r.jpg\" alt=\"P1110285r\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110285r.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1110285r-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Braaied a steak (on the gas braai, shock, horror &#8211; but it was good).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5668r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5668r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5668r\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5668r.jpg 639w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5668r-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little fellow came to visit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were on the road by 1\/4 to 6. There was a sign just outside Bloemfontein, saying that due to the roadworks it was advisable to take the R30, which from experience is not a great road. I decided to go via Bethlehem \/ Vrede \/ Standerton &#8212; a route I&#8217;ve taken before. Stopped at Pro Sport Standerton because we still needed a table, a hat for Tanya, and a braai grid. A long time ago I bought two guns off an old fellow in Vrede, and Pro Sport stored them for free until I licenced the one and a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kruger-2015","category-teardrop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3019,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}