The Human Experience

- Us with Joffeth, the Sr. Safari Driver

- My wife enjoying the hammock

- View from our tent (elephant at the water hole)

- My wife and Joffeth during a tea break

- One of the many sparse trees above our heads in the winter's sky

- My wife enjoying a, ummm... lemonade in the afternoon shade

- Rebel, our tracker scans the bush for signs of life

- My wife watching an elephant in the distance

Giraffe

Rhinos

Elephants

Lions

Cheetahs

Safari

I just had a fairly significant birthday, and to celebrate, my wife and I took a dream trip to South Africa for a 5-day safari...

This was a good time of year to go since it's winter time there and also the dry season.  This means no insects right now and the snakes are still in hibernation!

We were located just on the edge of Kruger Park in the northeast province known as Limpopo.

It was pretty cold in the evenings (below freezing one night) and it actually snowed in Johannesburg the day we arrived.  However, the sun provided a welcome warmth in the short afternoons.

I have to say that this was one of the most fabulous experiences that I've ever had and would gladly return to do it again one day...