This could take a few days; or should I say this is a few of our days. Acacia Swara is a 23,000 acre wildlife reserve and this where we are calling home. To our enjoyment when our driver came to pick us up from Mayfair it was Michael; a driver from the trip that we took with our team a month ago. This was not a huge surprise because we had requested him, but the one problem that could have come up was a communication failure. It was all good and after a dusty drive we were here safe and ready to take some pictures and just simply watch the beautiful animals. Meeting up with Tim and Diane Bannister was great. Seeing these people that made our stay here so comfortable was definitely a highlight of the day.
On Sunday we went to Church in Machakos with Diane and then made our way up to Mitiboni to see the water tanks that we were helping with on that first trip a month ago. I should just mention for the Kenya Team we stopped off at the T Tot Hotel and Diner to enjoy a couple Samosas and Mandazies. It was great to see the progress that the community has made on the tanks. When we left a month ago the upper treating tank was about 75 percent done and the lower holding tank was just about to start the foundation. Well I would say that they really are doing it as a community because both tanks were totally done, painted and all and the main pipe to fill them was buried and awaiting the pump (within the next week). Then all they will be needing is that darn rain!!!
One of the high lights to the day on Sunday didn’t come until just as it was getting dark. About ten minutes before the night fell a herd of Zebras came through the camp and thought that they would be needing a drink from the watering hole. The watering hole that was just 120 feet away from where we were sitting. Well just by chance we were waiting and ready for them. Okay not by chance because the night before the watering hole had some visitors to it around sunset as well. So we were ready, cameras in hand waiting for an hour and a half to see just what was going to be rolling on through. We had almost called it a night in the waiting department when Lisa saw a momma and baby coming in to drink. It was very cool to see because Zebras are amazingly skittish. About one minute or less after the first two came through there was close to twenty of them getting a drink. Ten minutes later and it was all over, they had left and it was dark; a very cool way to end any day.
Eric ? Lisa ? It was a good night, we lost count.
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