Sunday, August 19, 2012

Lee & Elder Olsen at the giraffe sanctuary...
Wart hogs are prehistoric-looking creatures...
Baby elephants, on the other hand, are adorable and funny.
Lee couldn't take his eyes off the elephants.  These Elephants have been orphaned because of poaching.  They are kept safe until they are about three years old and then re-introduced into the wild.
Women wear the most unique hair styles here...They are very creative.  This young women was beautiful.
After they are fed huge bottles of milk, these elephants play a while and then go back into the bush and another group comes out to be fed.  They are funny...flappy ears and playful trunks.
Now we are at the Nairobi Game Park.  It covers a huge area and the animals live in the wild.  They are not fed so they hunt and forage for themselves.
Vultures in the treetops.
Zebras were everywhere.
Not sure what this was called, but it was very large and there were many of them.
This is a water buffalo and he was standing right next to the road.
Ostrich eggs hold the equivalent of two dozen chicken eggs.
There were many giraffes....beautiful!
Helloooooo!
There was a family of baboons next to the road....funny to watch.
Tatonka Lee with a collection of skulls..turtle, zebra, antelope, gazelle, rhino, water buffalo, giraffe, etc.
Lee was seized by a hippo and it hurt a lot...
This was one of the few places you are encouraged to get out of your car.  We went for a short hike with a guide who carried a rifle.  He told us this crocodile opens his mouth to cool his body. 
This baby crocodile was a ways down the river bank from the grown one.
Amazing...
Pictures do not do justice, but imagine this huge horizon with this giraffe standing on top of the hill...it was beautiful.
It's hard to see, but there were three male lions sleeping about 20' from the road.

2 comments:

  1. 10,000 feet is pretty high, but nothing much for a pair of seasoned marathoners from the rockies I'm sure. I just hiked the tallest peak in Southern Cal (San Gorgonio) and it is 10,500. Hope you Dean are doing well!

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  2. Wow! Wow! Wow! Amazing pictures!

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