Marty and Melman - at last!

We were able to go to a rhino park a few weeks ago with the Risers and the Elders for a P-day adventure.  We had to leave at 4:30 to get to the park early enough to see the animals.  We woke up to a "cold and dreary" morning.  We did get a few rain drops on us, but we lucked out because it certainly looked like it  could have rained hard.  The wind was blowing and it was cold.  But it was soooo worth it.  We were in one bakkie (pick-up) and we had a great time.  We laughed a lot and saw many animals.  As Elder Woolf commented, it was even better than we had hoped.  There were many zebras - which were black, brown, and white.  I didn't know there were some zebras with brown in them.  And then we saw three rhinos.  One large one named Jack was quite a ways off when we stopped.  He came right over to check us out.  Jack was on the other side of the bakkie and Elder Woolf wanted to get out of the bakkie to take his picture.  Our guide told him no, that Jack could easy charge him.  In fact, the guide drove the bakkie a little ways away from Jack because he was getting a little bit too close.  Then we got to see giraffes.  I love them!!  The are so large and graceful when they walk and so comical when they run.  They  were just in front of us and they took off running and it was great to watch.  It was such a fun morning!

                                                     Black and white and brown zebras

Our friend "Jack"

Melman's Friends

The Elders of our group.

It was a COLD day!