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Park City, UT, United States
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Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2011

A Few of My Favorite Things....Nairobi

I'm slowly but surely organizing my thoughts and pictures from Kenya.

It was truly the most amazing place I've ever been.  Between trying to get back to a normal sleep schedule and dealing with all of the noise, I'm still struggling to integrate myself back into daily life in Utah.....

While things are still relatively fresh in my mind, I wanted to tell some of my favorite safari moments.

    • The giraffe center.  Though I didn't so much care for the giraffe licking my face, Darcie really did.  I think she could have spent the entire two weeks there feeding giraffes and would have had just as much fun.

    • Wilson airport.  I've never been through such a smooth airport experience.  We showed up and the man at the door pointed at his sheet of paper with passenger names and asked if that was us and through the door we went.  We were even allowed to have liquids.  And then most importantly (after I had a minor outburst at my sister for giving me a hard time about my fear of flying and my mom also telling her to stop so I didn't have a panic attack) I survived my first very small plane flight.  After the initial nervousness, I actually liked it.  It's nice to be able to watch the pilot and see out the front window.  It does give somewhat of a false sense of control.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Big Five

We saw all of the big five while we were gone.  I have to say that after my mom yelled and scared the elusive leopard away, I was a bit worried there wouldn't be photographic evidence of our sighting.  But here they are:

The Elephants

My First Rhino

The Intimidating Buffalo

The Lion Cub I Wanted To Pack Up And Bring Home

The Elusive Leopard

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Safari is Real

I've wanted to go on safari for years.  And knowing that I am going to go for the last year and a half has been kind of surreal.  In my head, I know it's going to happen.  And I think about what it will be like, but all this time, it hasn't seemed real.

The count is down to two days before we leave and last night and this morning it started to feel real.  I'm going on the big trip.  I'm already almost packed (which is nothing shy of a miracle given my hatred for the packing chore) and just have a few odds and ends to pick up today and tomorrow.  And then off I go to see the big cats!!

And in just a couple weeks there will be lots of pictures to share.