We awoke early and again, Megan jumped out of bed. We wanted to see the balloon take off before we went on a game ride. There were two balloon and they were beautiful. They moved so gracefully with the wind. Once they were off, we headed out on our game hunt. This time we were headed to see the wildabeast near the Mara River. Each year the wildabest migrate from Tanzania to Kenya by the thousands. I head it is a sight. On the way we saw lots of animals. It had rained during the night, so the roads were muddy and we were sliding all over the place. Megan thought it was cool to be 4 wheeling on the plains. We saw the wildabeast run like they do in the movies and in Lion King. The noises they made were grunting sounds. While we were watching them 2 lions (1 male and1 female) walked up beside the head. The saw it can take up to 2 hours for a lion to complete a kill. We had traveled so far to see a part of the migration we had to speed o get back to camp. We ate breakfast then headed back to Nairobi. We saw baboons, antelope, ostrich, and more on the drive back to town.
Total animals spotted were 42! The Safari was more then any one could have expected or planned for. She said she missed Kyle and could not wait to see him.
2 comments:
Megan,
WOW! What an amazing experience of a lifetime you are having! I can't even imagine what being out on the safari must have been like. You all were so fortunate to see so many different species of animals. Thanks a million times over for including so many pictures of lions. I would have been in heaven to see that huge group of lions. That is neat about the mother lion playing with her cubs. I have been waiting anxiously to hear about your Safari trip and you certainly didn't let me down. I hope that your Gram enjoyed her hot air balloon ride. I remember your Mom telling me about her doing this for her birthday gift and I think that is an awesome present. We watched some beautiful hot air balloons launch in Lexington on July 4th. The whole time I was watching them, I was thinking that it was really neat, but definitely not as interesting as being in a hot air balloon over the safari. Everything about the experience just seems breathtaking! Just think when you go back to school entering second grade, you will have more to tell about your summer than anyone. Megan, I think you are so lucky to be able to go on this trip and it was so generous of your Mom to make sure that you could do this. Take care and God bless you all.
Marsha
Dear Megan,you sure saw a lot of animals today. What color is the hot air balloon? How many lion cubs were there?See you tomorow, Kate
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