This past Saturday held the event I had been looking forward to most since the planning of this trip began…meeting baby elephants! The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was founded in 1977 and is now one of the most successful orphan-elephant rescue and rehab programs in the world. They take in both elephants and rhinos who’s […]
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My Pledge To Help | One Month Later
At the end of June I announced that I would be saving all the tips I received at work for the month of July and I am happy to announce the grand total of (insert drumroll…) $1,094!!! This money will be going to; Mission K9 Rescue– $200 Mission K9 Rescue’s goal is to raise […]
My Pledge To Help
I write this under unusual circumstances and a heavy heart. I would like to preface this by saying I would normally never ask anything of you as a reader. Your loyalty to visiting my blog and reading it means the world to me, but sometimes our thoughts need to be turned into actions and this […]
The Perks of Sponsoring an Elephant
As if visiting The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and seeing orphaned elephant calves could get any cooler, it did. One of the privileges you receive in return for “fostering” an orphan is getting to visit the Trust after hours and watch as the calves are brought in for the night and fed! The elephant I sponsored as […]
The Big Five | My Safari Stay
When on a safari, there are the notorious “Big Five” you hope to see: leopard, lion, buffalo, elephant and rhino. Why only five? These animals got their high rankings from being the most difficult to hunt on foot (back when that was legal). Unfortunately the rhinos succeeded in staying camouflaged in the brush so we were […]
Kisses From A Giraffe
To change up the classic chime of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”, we finished off our Saturday with “elephants and baboons and giraffes, oh my!”. Zaneta, Lauren, Mr. P and I visited the African Fund For Endangered Wildlife Kenya Ltd., or the Giraffe Centre for short. The space the giraffes are kept has two […]
A New Year, A New Look, and A New Trip!
As you can see, I have changed up the look of my blog a little bit, unless you are just now joining in on my adventures…then, welcome! I just figured this place needed a bit of housekeeping before I announced that I would be returning to writing here starting in May when I go to […]
World Watching 