February Excursion
One of my goals this year is to take advantage of my flexible schedule and the fact that I live in Kenya. Every month I am being intentional about doing one major excursion. These excursions are my time for adventure, and may also be the key to my personal sustainability. February’s was easy. I went with The 1010 Project’s service learning team to the Masai Mara on a Safari. Normally these trips will not be associated with 1010 or “work,” but for the Safari I made an exception.
After a few hours on a paved road our driver left the “hardball” and started down a dirt path. Passing pastoralists, small villages, & vast panoramic views we drove towards the National Park & our camp. We arrived in the early afternoon at a surprisingly comfortable lodge or “Safari Camp.” We cleaned up and rested while we waited for the afternoon rain to clear up. Refreshed from the trip & anxious to see lions, we took off on our first game drive. 3 kilometers into our “hunt” we came to an impromptu river that the rain had formed. It was too wide to through a rock across (yes I tried, its what Marines do when they’re bored), and waist deep (no I didn’t try, I let someone else be the measuring stick.) We returned to camp a bit defeated. Mara = 1 Keith = 0
The next two days brought us great weather, unbelievable scenery, and a lot of lions! It was unbelievable. We drove around the savannah hunting for one animal or another: Lions, Malibu, hyenas, hippos, elephants, zebras, buffalo, monkeys, dik dik, birds, birds, and more birds…
The trip, the exploration, the bit of adventure… …it was just what I needed.
Nice Keith, now if you’re a man, you kill the lion with your bare hands… Seriously, send me your address or you’re not getting anything!
Wow, amazing photos! Can’t believe you can get so close to lions devouring a water buffalo. If that was what that was. Loved the lion cubs!!! What an amazing place! Glad to see you taking advantage of your surroundings!