Sabbath

We decided to get a little extra rest and moved breakfast to 9am (pancakes, syrup and lots of fresh fruit) After breakfast we packed up the truck with all our belongings and head up to the Mara River. On our way we came across a beautiful blacked necked spitting cobra - about 2 meters in length! Once we got up to the river we decided to stop for a picnic lunch. There was a small problem - at our picnic area there was a very large male lion relaxing, so we opted to allow him to stay and we would pick a different tree to eat under.

After lunch we drove up to Musiara Swamp to spend the night in the park in a wooded area along the Mara River. The animals were incredible! From camp we could see a pride of 14 lions. The baboons were in the trees near us, impala and other gazelle grazed near by and hippos and crocs were next to us in the river. The noises of all the animals kept everyone on their toes.

After worship we roasted marshmallows and hotdogs, sang camp songs, spotted animals with our flashlights and headed to bed. About 1 am the lions roaring got quite loud and I was worried the fire had gone out - I knew no one else would venture out to check on things so got my flashlight and crawled out of my warm tent to put some more logs on the fire. The fire was out, but the coals were still hot, so all I had to do was add some more logs to it. Those who needed to go to the bathroom and heard me at the fire opted to crawl out of their tents and use the bushes near the tents to go to the bathroom.

kim