OK, as I was saying....

Went to Ebony last night for our BOMA dinner. It was nice everyone being all together again. Half of us are in one camp, half in the other, so don;t see each other too much. The food here has been terrific.

THis mornings game drive was really neat too. We looked for a leopard for quite a while. Saw the tracks but never found her. Then we were crossing the river (in the jeep!!) and came across a Hippo, so sat and watched it for a while. It was probably 50 yds away, and we didn;t get any closer. It did open its mouth wide which we were told is a territorial thing, to ward off other animals, and got great pics of that. When the mouth is open it has to be 3 -4 feet wide. THis morning while I was typing the above post, Marc was out having coffee on the deck waiting for the others and a BIG Hippo came out of the grass right below the deck and walked out to the river. I didn;t see it, only the smashed grass in its wake. Must have been a big one based on its "path"

After the hippo, we came across 3 female and 1 male lion, lounging in the grass beside the trail. We sat and watched them until they got spooked, probably 15 - 20 minutes. Got great pics. THe male was licking himself and also his sister, then he rolled around in the grass a while and and fell asleep with his paw around the sister. So sweet. the guide said it was a bonding thing.

Anyway, off to lunch now and then a nap!!!!!! More later.......