Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Out of Africa!


















Joe and I are back in the good ol’ USA! Africa was so amazing, wonderful, wild, crazy, & we loved every minute of it. Except for the 89 hour trip home. Man, that is a fur piece away for sure!

Our tent living conditions were awesome! Five Star all the way! Nothing but the best for us! We had to make sure to zip it up tight to keep the monkeys out of our room. And you don’t want monkeys jumping on your bed. I was doing enough of that myself!

The game excursions were nothing short of exciting, adventurous, and way too much fun. We saw it all! Elephants, zebras, lions, rhinos. hippos, crocs, hyenas, water buffalos, and stuff I had no idea what we were seeing! A memorable sight was a huge croc with a baby hippo in it’s jaws....gross!

Going to see how the village people lived was enlightening....I thought they would know “YMCA”, but none of them did! Apparently these were different Village People! I danced with them....in fact, I am not sure, but I think I may have married one of ‘em! He was sure cute in his red dress. I think we would make a lovely couple, but living in a stick house covered in cow dung was a bit much for me. The women have to build the huts, and once I had to make a home repair or two, the honeymoon would be quickly over!

The hot air balloon ride was so cool! I have never done that. There are no words to describe the awesomeness of it all. And then we landed out in the middle of the plains and a champagne breakfast was prepared that was out of this world...the wild animals were just right there grazing. CRAZY!

But I will tell you Dorothy, there is no place like home and my pillow and my bed! God is so good!