Oct 18,2010
Monday


Slept great and for the first time on this trip I was not in a sweat as the air was cool!!!! No bugs either!!!! Ahhhhhhhh…..Even at the amazing Samburu Saruni Lodge it was extremely hot during the night and the insects were there, net or no net I was under the covers as I did not want any one marching on me while in REM…..or any other stage for that matter!


Coffee arrived at 6:45 am and I got ready to join my new group. Breakfast prepared by John at a open grill waiting to take my order for the style of eggs and a large buffet table with several types of dry cereals, fruit, bacon, sausage, etc…


We hopped into the jeep with our guide, Emanuel, and we had a great morning viewing a lion family of 9, elephants crossing the river, crocodiles, and dead wildebeests being eaten by vultures that did not make it across during their migration. The smell was awful but we watched for what felt like an hour.


All of a sudden Emanuel says fasten your seat belts and he hits the gas. We go flying across the bush. He has heard on his radio of a possible crossing. We get all excited the race is on!! This proves to be a false alarm…


The analogy I can give to the feeling of being here is…standing in an IMAX theater and turning 360 but it’s real. I just want to drink it in. The sky is huge.. From one end to the other. Day or night it is the biggest sky you can imagine.