Photos tell the story: Kenya 2016-2017

It's interesting working on a blog.  You find out your good skills (I'm often pleased with and amused by my photo captions), and you find out your weaknesses (I start off strong and detailed about the first three days of a trip and then...nothing).  It happened with my Tour de Arkansas, it's happening right now with our Kenyan trip from the beginning of this year, and I don't know what in the world I'm going to do about the most recent trip we took, unexpectedly, to the Baltic States, Scandinavian countries and freakin' St. Petersburg, Russia.  Poor me!

So, since I lost my notes on Kenya due to an overzealous purging of my email, let the photos and mini narratives begin:

For our safari leg of the trip, we flew out of Wilson Airport on a small plane.  The terminal was small, nice and had very good coffee.  Our driver that morning got us there in plenty of time, and then we were off, into the smooth, way less bumpy than roads, air.

John and Jeff are ready to GO!

Our route - from Nairobi to the Masai Mara.

Striking view of arid and beautiful lands





After landing, we left the plane and found ourselves in the middle of what felt like nowhere, with a little spot for shade and waiting and, happily, a restroom.  Jeeps and Range Rovers were lined up waiting to take the passengers back to the various camps in the area.  We climbed in our vehicle, and on the way we started to see what we had come for...animals....in the open!  I took the first photo of what would be hundreds more....


OMG, OMG, an animal and a cool African tree!  We are here!!

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