Serengeti Day 6

Today is a recovery day. Both Rhonda and I needed to take a break from all the bouncing around in our vehicle on these bumpy roads. So Rhonda stayed behind to hang out and I went out on a game drive just in the morning in search of crocodiles. So Justin drove me down to the Mara River. 

Crocodiles are not as prevalent as I expected in the parts of the river that we toured.  The river is quite high for this time of year and the crocs are hard to find. We were only able to spot 4 in the river section near my camp. Below is one of them. 

Along the way, I saw a klipspringer. They are more common in the north section of the Serengeti. We have them in the Cleveland Zoo and they are excellent rock climbers. 

So today is another good day since I discovered elephants today. I found a family of 14 grazing in a field. So my record still holds. Unfortunately they ended up grazing in this area and never moved. I guess the food there was too good to leave. 

So I just hope tomorrow will bring at least one elephant for me to see. Seeing elephants every day has given me new hope that they are surviving and that they are still in the wild. I just hope that we can continue to find a way to insure that we still meet our needs and yet find a way for these gentle giants to exist freely in our world. 

Another animal that I am so happy to see is the giraffe. This animal is in such a critical state due to habitat loss and yet we have seen them every day in all the parks we visited.   Even yesterday we saw 22 together which is the largest group we have seen. They are such elegant and observant animals and I have hope that at least in the parks I've been to that they will multiply and live freely.