Rain in Abundance

It has been raining non-stop for two days ! The Lodge has had over 120mm of rain and the dams are all overflowing. The animals are looking sodden and are not used to this unusual amount of rain.
My current concern is that all the guests that are spending the Easter Weekend with us and are arriving this afternoon are going to be able to get to us on the dirt roads as they have become swirling rivers of mud. Its is very unusual to get this much rain at this time of the year as we are heading into Autumn and Winter which is normally our dry time. We always hope for a little rain at this time of the year so as to give the dams one last boost to get us through the Winter and the spring rains that normally come back to us in September, but BOY we are getting buckets of it.
I was joking with someone yesterday that we are going to have to trade - in the landrovers for boats. My sister has just driven through to us from Johannesburg (195kms) away and it took her nearly 5 hours to get here. Apparently it has rained none stop since before she left and the visibility was awful and and the traffic was very heavy as it is also the annual pilgrimage to Moria for the members of the ZCC church. Moria is based just outside of Polokwane (Pietersburg) further north than we are and they get about 2 million pilgrim visitors there for the long weekend. Well lets hope this rain lets up a bit shortly and that my wisecrack doesnt become a reality !