Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Safari--Melanie Hardacker

Here we are on safari. It is beyond what any of us could have imagined. There is a deck off the main lodge with a watering hole off it and we have witness an continual stream of animals coming to drink. Water buffallo, giraffe, elephant, warthogs, baboons, zebras, various antelope/gazelles/impalla/whatnots, ostrich. And we can also see the water from the deck off our rooms. It was hard to finally pull ourselves away and go to bed last night. Even as a type this I am watching them. We have had excitement in the vehicles as well seeing a lion feeding on a water buffallo earlier this morning. We headed out at 6:30am for a pre breakfast tour and will go back at 4pm to try and see a cheetah. It is fabulous.

Carol, one of our team members, has been sick for several days. She is past the severe stage but still feeling a little cautious. The blessing is that she made it the entire 4 hour car ride from Kitui and into her room in Nairobi where she stayed for 2 days. Many others have had some stomach problems but we are mainly doing well and are thankful for the medicine we brought. Please pray for Carol's continued recovery and all our continued health during these last days of the trip.

Right now we are all enjoying some down time. A group is playing cards, some napping, me blogging and Isabelle and John are at the pool where I am now going to join them.

No comments:

Post a Comment