Thursday, March 10, 2011

A Much Needed Safari!

I spent the weekend in Kruger...one of the national parks in South Africa that is FULL of wild animals.  You have seen pictures from there before the other times I have gone on Safari.  We had an amazing weekend but were not blessed with too many major sitings (no cats that is...not a lion or a leopard or cheetahs).  Here's the very cool things we did see though...
A whole herd of buffalo crossed the road right in front of our car...I think they look like old women with their horns like that.  Makes me laugh every time!
 
We saw a few packs of baboons...tons of tiny babies on their backs!  So cute!
 
This is a very angry male elephant that was sure we were going to steal his females.  It was a bit scary but made for some amazing photos!
 
These are two giraffes that basically walked along side my car for 5 minutes as we traveled down the road together...so amazing!
  
This is one of the many zebras we spotted...gorgeous!
Here is just a glimpse of the amazing scenery we enjoyed the whole weekend! 
And we even stayed in a safari tent one night...think army tent...it was awesome!  This is Heather (another missionary) and I settling in for the night!
 
And I'll leave you with one last photo...I think this is my favorite from the weekend.  These giraffes were a bit too far away for clear photography with my point and shoot...and there were tons of reeds blowing in the way...so I went for artistic...so African and I love it!
So now you are thinking...I want to go visit and see all those African animals!  You are welcome any time!  My promise is this...if you get yourself here I will bring you on safari!  You'll get to play with some adorable children on the side, and I'll do my best to show you some breathtaking animals that in the States we can only see at the zoo!

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