Kiddo

For the last group of people I failed to notify, here it is: I'm pregnant. After surviving the first three months of sleepy ickyness, I am love, love, loving being a future mom. We had our first ultrasound at 21 weeks last Monday and we saw the baby squirming around. Nathan called it "amazing wildlife photography". It was.

Ngorongoro Crater: The Video

Ngorongoro Crater was my favorite Tanzanian park and home to one of the funniest and sadest things that happened all trip. The crater itself was formed by an ancient volcano, which imploded and became inactive. The sides are so steep that most animals never leave the crater, so it's teeming with amazing wildlife.

We went on Nathan's birthday with the best lunch packed we'd had all week: a BLT sandwich and the normal cornbread and hard-boiled egg, but stopped for lunch at a beautiful lake with harmless, large Kites circling overhead. Despite being warned of the "friendliness" of the birds several times, we decided to sit on the ground and eat our lunches. It didn't take two minutes, when, just after our guide, Dennis, had just said, "Nathan, be careful how you hold your sandwich" - a rush of air, an exploding sandwich, several kites, and suddenly Nathan was without his birthday lunch. Classic.

Here is Nathan's latest video in the safari series: Ngorongoro.



To read more about Ngorongoro, check out my previous post.

Sol y Sombra

I spent the last two weekends hiking through sun and rain.  Although none of them were fighting, I did see plenty of bulls and also some horses.  I can't believe we're so lucky as to live right down the road from this stuff!

My Trail: Lower Talkington

The first couple of foals are already here, but no new bison yet.

Notice that Theodore Roosevelt National Park is listed as one of America's Most Underrated Parks.  You might want to think about getting out here sometime!