A Day With Patrick

Today was a great day. It had so many ups and downs. Patrick was to pick us up at 9:30 to take us to the Elephant Refugee. It is only open from 11-12, so we were worried when he did not show up until about 10:15. The Guest House tried to tell us they did not have room for us. We stood our ground and we ended up in the same rooms. We had hung around all morning relaxing and now when we are getting ready to leave, they tell me that we have to move rooms. We finally headed to see the elephants. As Patrick tried to pull out of the Guest House, we weighed too much. We all had to get out of the car so it would go up the hill. This was a first, but worth all the laughs. On our trip we have run into many tight or scary situations. We always seem to sing, “God is so Good, Good is so good!” Megan knows some of the words in Swahili, so we found ourselves singing this several times as we went out to the Refuge.
Megan was so excited. All elephants were babies and so cute. There was a school group there on a field trip. The children would get so tickled at the elephants. Megan just watched and touched and enjoyed herself so much. As we were watching the elephants, up came 4 or 5 giraffe in the backdrop. It just made it all seem so wild. The elephants had the longest eyelashes. The men helping would play with them and told us all the facts about elephants. They really seemed attached to each other.
When we left the elephants, the same refuge has 2 rhinos that it is caring for. We did not see any rhinos on Safari, but we saw two within a few feet. Several Warthogs said goodbye on our way out. We headed to lunch at a great restaurant overlooking the animal Safari Walk and orphanage. It was relaxing and the food was tasty.
After lunch, we went to the market to do some shopping. It is such hard work to buy something in the market, but so much fun and you get a real sense for the cultural and people. We made several purchases and promoted the economy. Our short trip turned into a bit longer then we had planned, but it was fun. Patrick joined us for dinner and we did a little computer work. I think we overwhelmed him with information. Dinner was fun, because we get to have relaxed time with Patrick, the principal. After dinner, we packed our bags. Tomorrow we will be flying home.
The day flew by and was filled with lots of African experiences.