4/27/28. Safari Day
After breakfast our drivers had us on the road at 6:45 to try to see the elusive preditors that hunt at night. The morning was cloudy with spots of rain. Our safari vans had the tops up ready to see GOD's amazing creation. The big bull elephant who seemed to own the road to the lodge was grazing in the field as we rode by. Baboons and several different birds were at the check station into the park. It was a cool morning, but we northerners from NY are tough so it felt good to me. Amy Lynn, Norma Jean, Janet, Lynn, and I were in the "singles" van with our driver Robert. We all stood in anticipation of what we would see. The rain started and flashes of lightning were in the distance. I did have a fleeting thought that I was hanging onto two metal rods. IN every direction you could see the 4 types of antelope grazing, water buck (largest),Cobb (the national antelope),Jackson Hartebeest, and the Oribee (smallest). Intermixed within them you could see water buf