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We enjoyed our evening dinner with our fellow safarist, a good night’s sleep and an early breakfast followed by loading up the Land Cruisers with our luggage to begin our day trek into the canyon crater. Ngorongoro crater is a wonder of the natural world – a wildlife haven to be viewed from the roads.Continue reading “VIEWS ON A MISTY DAY AT THE NGORONGORO CRATER”

What an amazing journey from our first camp at Dulana through the Serengeti plains and ancient rocks, past the shifting sands toward the Ngorongoro Crater. We stopped at Olduvai Gorge which is one of the most important paleoanthropological locations in the world. It became a World Heritage Site in 1979. It is called the “cradleContinue reading “Human Origins – Olduvai Gorge toward Ngorongoro Crater”

Our last morning sunrise, giraffe’s hiking by and luggage waiting to head to the Land Cruisers On our way to running with the herds and all the other animals…we ran across male lions and elephants. The one lion decided “ugh” I don’t want to pose for these idiots so he trotted off to the bushes.Continue reading “Running with the herds”

Our next two days were filled with more exciting rides on the savannah. We saw what seemed like miles of moving wildebeests. Some herds had babies and we’re on the move – others looked heavy with baby and ready to pop while still moving along. We were told once the females start dropping their offContinue reading “NATURE’S THEATER”

Each morning on a safari, darkness is what you need to greet. I couldn’t sleep and woke up around 4 am the first few mornings. When you’re energized for the coming day, you just can’t sleep! This me time gave moments on my own to listen and think. The soul of Africa can be feltContinue reading “IN THEIR WORLD”

After getting our final 6 stranded safarist and a lunch at Olerai, we loaded up the Land Cruisers with the luggage for our group of 12 and Gary as owner and guide to head to the little local Arusha airport for our back country puddle jumper to the Serengeti. Mzee and Mac our other twoContinue reading “There WERE Cheetahs!”

How do we even begin to express the joy of being on a safari? But beginnings have a beginning and ours started on the KLM flight to Amsterdam connecting to Kilimanjaro! Why would that be memorable? The weather, the captain of our flight and the life of Brian. The lady in the seat in frontContinue reading “In the Beginning …”

Over a year and a half ago we found ourselves packing up to finally come home from enjoyably being stranded in Perth and Western Australia for over four months. We lost the friends we made on the truncated World Cruise as they flew home but we stayed behind – everyone of them to go toContinue reading “6285 and 94929”

The lost watch. The lost dog. The lost homes. Remember this looks best on the website and NOT in an email…. Larkin came to see us over fall break and help take our dear Miss Emma over the rainbow bridge. I picked her up on a Friday – took Emma to the Vet on SaturdayContinue reading “Time Again”

Definition of poignant 1a(1): painfully affecting the feelings : PIERCING (2): deeply affecting : TOUCHING b: designed to make an impression : CUTTING I thought the garbage cans didn’t melt…well two of them did, as you can see by their stance. I think I feel like the melted brown one. The front portico is nothing but fallen beams . For those of you who spentContinue reading “Poignant”