Monkey #1 on our car.
Monkeys #2, #3, #4, #5 on our car.
Jonathan and Sutton at dinner at the Midland Hotel.
Hannah (w/ her signature captain's hat) and Connor (maybe Connor wants a hat, too).
When the hotel staff saw our group, they gave us the VIP room, probably to separate us from the rest of the hotel guests. I guess they gave Jonathan the seat of honor because of his distinguished-looking facial hair.
It was pretty awesome; we got to drive up right next to water buffalo and zebras that were hanging out near the shore of the lake.
More water buffalos . . .
It is literally impossible to get my family to all look at and smile at the camera at the same time.
. . . and more water buffalos. Honestly, we were a little tired of water buffalos by the end of the day. There must've been thousands of them in the park.
In navigating around the lake, we had to get out of our cars a few time to try to scout out the best path through the mud. Luckily none of us got stuck; the park posted a rate of $100 to get pulled out of the mud.
A 180-degree panorama of the park from Baboon Overlook.
A Clemson Chameleon; you can't see the scale here, but he's actually about 8-feet long (just a slight exaggeration)
Mama Lyla and Mama Rach-o (as the locals call them)
Our kiddos
(once again it's impossible get all of them to smile at or look at the camera).
Tammy and Sutton (no, Sutton is not this tall)
Sutton and Connor
Sutton and Jonathan
Here's a picture of Lyla doing everything within her power not to smile for the camera (a consistent issue throughout the day)
Connor and Hannah
Hot Mama and Fat Daddy
The Pages and Perrys - All 12 of us!
Rachel & Lyla (perfecting her pouty look)
This zebra had an awesome design on his face.
A family of White Rhinos; check out the horn!
One of many giraffe that we saw in the park.
This picture is for my Dad; the park has its own airstrip!
Not sure how pilots handle this, but these zebras were standing on the airstrip.
An awesome waterfall!
You can see the scale of how big this waterfall is; that's us in the lower left of the picture.
The intrepid explorers - this is the most scared I've been of snakes since I've been in Africa; every tree root looked like a puff adder, mamba, or cobra.
Little Lady Lyla & Daddy
A baboon's view of our picnic site; let the bedlam begin!
This dude bum rushed our picnic site and stole our trash bag.
Chowing down on some PB&J and chips.
Check out the sign: "Visitors are requested to carry out their litter with them to reduce baboon menace." We laughed at this sign at first . . . how true it was!!!
The calm before the storm . . .
Back by popular demand . . . BABOON ATTACK!!!!!
This picture was taken right after the baboon attacked the Perrys car. Kate is half laughing, half manic.
A male water buck; kinda boring after the baboons.
A 360-degree panorama of the park from a mountain top.
"As the World Turns: Baboon Edition" - We came across this soap opera at the end of the day. Watch with enraptured attention as the drama unfolds: two strapping young baboons fight perilously for the affections of the fair damsel baboon . . .
And to ensure that we don't stereotype all baboons, I present to you "Baby Baboons Playing" to show you that baboons can be cute and cuddly looking, too.
I can not imagine how long it took you to upload all of those videos, but we are sooooooooo glad you did! Love the panorama of Baboon Lookout too...great to relive this trip from behind the Page's lens. We miss you guys, all of our new friends, and Kenya so much. Americans just don't know how to shake hands.
ReplyDeleteIt only took from 8 AM to 3 PM to upload the videos . . . ha! Miss y'all, too! And yes, Americans know not the art of the hand shake . . .
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures and videos too! The Pages and the Perrys sure do have NC accents!
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