How can it get any better?

Jambo everyone! I still cannot load pictures onto the blog. I hope once we are in England I can get the right connection set up.

Thursday morning we had a beautiful flight. We went over a mile high in search of winds that would take us back to the west side of Lake Elementaita. We finally found the right current that would take us over the Bush. We again saw many animals and had a great landing. One of the local plane pilots buzzed our balloon as we were waiting for crew to get to us . It seems as though they got the Land Cruiser stuck in a Wilddog hole. Unhitch the trailer, Jack the truck up, put rocks under the wheels, rehitch and go!
We had breakfast at Monkey Bridge camp where we learned a new trick. As you walk the path to the river you throw sticks ahead of you into the bush in case the buffalo are sleeping there!

In the afternoon we went for a boat ride on Lake Naivasha to see birds and hippo.We saw so many different eagles, heron and pelicans. Then we got to see hippos!  BIG animals, small boat!

This morning we launched from a spot in the Bush called Treehouse. It was a little further into the bush and away from the lake. We saw a lone giraffe and lots of zebra and gazelle. All of a sudden John says "I see a cat!" We spent the next several minutes watching him chase and catch a hare!  Can' t wait to show you these pictures!

Just when I thought it could not get any better, we spotted three giraffes! They are quite used to seeing the balloon and did not move until we were within 100 feet of them. We landed right there and packed up. On the drive back to the lodge we saw Waterbuck and warthog very close up!

After breakfast we walked to the cliff edge to see the flamingos. There are small numbers of flamingo this year because the water is so high in the lake.

Tomorrow is our last flight. We leave Kenya late Sunday evening. I will try to post more after our flight.