Sunday, June 18th
The Masai Mara
We left the
Anglican Mission House early Friday morning leaving Haynes’ funny jokes, Jevin’s
love for American sports, and Mama B’s incredible cooking, but it was time for the
Masai Mara and the lions were calling! So
we packed up the vans and were on our way. We arrived at the Masai Mara around 4:30 pm and
went straight to the park for our first game drive. You could say it was a
successful night seeing four of the “Big Five” within 45 min…buffalo, lion,
rhino, and elephant as well as about 8,000 zebras! Finally, the night was topped off with an incredible
dinner, and then straight to bed as we had an early wakeup call the next
morning at 6:15 am for a 6:30 am game drive…so with sheets thrown back, feet
hitting the ground, and a sweatshirt or extra layer pulled on to keep us warm
in the early morning chill, out the door we went as the Masai Mara was waiting
for us again. The morning game drive started off with three mama lions on the
on the hunt for some breakfast, but quickly moved on to a cheetah spotting a
gazelle and then Greene’s favorite animal, a pumba (a.k.a warthog). To finish off the morning, we drove over to
the Mara River and found some crocs hanging around with the hippos. After returning back to camp, we enjoyed a delicious
breakfast of eggs and sausage with plenty of coffee and hot chocolate to go
around.
The team
enjoyed several hours of free time after breakfast, some taking naps, some
going on a run, and others enjoying a massage that was described by one person
as “the best $15 I’ve ever spent!”
The evening
session was more of the many awesome animals we saw in the morning including a
Staggers family of elephants (yes, that means eight elephants all together
hanging out and enjoying life).
As several of
us said, the first two game drives filled up our animal coffers…even the first
game drive could have done that alone, but we went back for more with two more
game drives, one on Saturday night and then an early morning Father’s Day that
included two spectacular lion family sightings, a hippo roaming the land, and
several pumba which made Greene feel even better!
We could go
on even more about all the wonderful animals that God created for us and
allowed us to enjoy over the past few days; however, we’ll let the storytelling
from the Team fill in the gaps.
We’ll leave
you with this thought…God’s creation is AWESOME and we think everyone enjoyed
the entire weekend and a great conclusion activity for our trip. As we packed up and prepared to head out Sunday
after breakfast, it was clear the weekend was a huge success with many memories
already being reminisced.
Hakuna Matata,
Lainey and
David Head
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