Wacky Weather Woes

As we've previously referenced, the weather has been a little crazy here in South Africa. It was relatively warm for Mike and Jen the first leg of their journey, but since the Polich's have arrived, it's gone berserk. The rain and fog in Cape Town was just the start of it. It's also been extremely cold, even resulting in snow pellets falling on us at the top of Table Mountain! The locals in Stellenbosch said that it is unusually cold for them - it usually doesn't get this cold until July or August. We thought that flying up to Joburg would possibly result in warmer weather because it's closer to the equator, but were were not totally correct. The days were a little warmer (and we didn't freeze at the US/Slovenia game like we thought! :), but the nights are FRIGID. It is very dry here, so it is sort of like Colorado where the days are warm, but then very cold at night. A Pretoria local we were talking to said that the all time low in Pretoria is -4* (celsius). The low five nights ago = -3* (celsius). Awesome. Added to that all is the fact that our guest house in Pretoria has a TINY heater (imagine one that you'd put under your desk at work to warm up your feet) to heat our 3 room cottage. The weather did get better while we were on safari, with the days reaching up to between 25-30* celsius, but the nights are still cold.

What does all of this means for the Polei and Monkeys? Many layers! And many pictures of us wearing the same thing - our fleeces and/or coats. Those babies are getting a lot more use than any of us anticipated they would...