July 23, 2025
We woke up at 6:00 a.m. and ate breakfast at 6:30. Breakfast typically consisted of our choice of eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, cereals, toast, juice, and hot chocolate (for Ella, who was obsessed with it and had it almost every day of our trip no matter how hot the weather was).
By 7:00 we were on our way to pick up a national park ranger named Zachary who had been assigned to accompany us anytime we were in the park. We passed by a large herd of Cape buffalo, one of Africa's "Big Five" game animals.
They reminded me a lot of a herd of American bison.
We had to go through this river to get to the military base where we were picking up Zachary and then again at the end of the day to drop him off:
Ella, as always, took it all in stride. She is a great traveler.
