Operation "Bless the Rains"

Per here. I'll make this a quick update since we're not exactly at a place where internet access would be expected.

Rich (Paula's dad) and I traveled to Kenya to meet up with Paula about a week ago. As you've no doubt read, she's been working with a Kenyan pediatric resident on a research topic for the past 2 months in Kisii (southwest Kenya). Of course she did a brilliant job and wrapped up the day/night that Rich and I flew in.

We didn't spend much time in Kenya though. We hopped on a bus to Arusha, Tanzania, where we joined up with a safari company and have been tracking down all sorts of amazing animals. We've gone to Arusha National Park, Lake Maynara National Park, the Serengetti, and now we're spending the night on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater.

 All has gone brilliantly so far. I happen to be married to an excellent travel agent and trip planner, so this is nothing new. There has only been 1 major problem that we've encountered so far. Just as we were about to enter the Serengetti National Park (the size of Holland by the way), our camera decided to break on us. "Lens Error" apparently means we need to send the camera to Canon for them to replace it. No doubt our camera will be sent with a letter explaining that we were about to enter into one of the most amazing places on the planet with a camera we bought, in part, just for this trip with this park in mind when it decided to die. I'm not pleased with Canon at all at the moment. Fortunately, we have Rich and his amazing Fuji camera he bought impulsively on QVC. I will never again mock his impulse purchases. 

Today, on our drive to our lodge on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater, we passed through 2 million (literally) wildebeests migrating to the southern Serengetti. Not to mention the elephants, zebras, Thompson gazelles, giraffes, lion, hyenas, jackals, dung beetle, and other super-sweet animals. Tomorrow we'll descend down into the Ngorogoro Crater where there's 18-21 black rhinos left from this area (very sought after by poachers). Hopefully, we'll be lucky enough to see one.  We'll post a slide show when we get back from our trip for everyone to check out.