Kruger Revisited

While Joyce and Nadine, Elder Baxter's sisters  were here, we took them to the beautiful Kruger Park to enjoy a real life experience of the wonders of nature.  We left fairly early to be able to catch some of the animals as they came out for their morning breakfast.  They had either slept in or had eaten and run, because we didn't see too many at first.  But as time went on, we did see several!  Although we have another post with some of these amazing animals, we will share some again in a different pose.  You know how you love each of the different poses of your children, even though they still have on the same outfit?  Well, it's kind of the same way with these animals!  We are amazed each time we see them.  Hope you enjoy them too!

A little chimp family including the baby!

One of their favorite past times is to find the lice on each other.  It makes good snacks!

He's being very thorough to be sure none are left in the tail!

They are such quick, agile little things.

We're always glad to see Jumbo the Elephant!

First you snatch the grass with your trunk.

Then you curl your trunk up and put it into your mouth.

Then you start again for something even tastier than the last!  YUM!

You always have to be careful when you're driving because these pedestrians 

always have the right of way!

...even if they do travel slowly!

I really think that the wart hog is one of the ugliest animals in the park!

He looks like he could have just woke up and hasn't combed his hair yet,

and maybe even had a late night as his eye looks a little tired!

They always seem to be on the run.  They don't like to stick around for a lot of conversation.

Most of the hippos we see are in the water.  

We happened to catch this one as he was out for a bit of lunch.

Cheetas are not often seen in the park.  This was our lucky day!

Giraffes are such majestic animals!

This was our lucky day for giraffes!

They are such tall stately animals!

It looks like they're discussing the reason for their friend walking away.

Their tall necks keep the trees' branches trimmed nicely!

These rhinos were out for a lunch stroll.

This one got tired and decided to stop for a rest.

Hippos having some water fun!

Even the zebras came for lunch today!

It looks like this old croc is headed for a swim.

This one is ready for lunch and we didn't want to be part of the menu!

This King of the Jungle was nice enough to pose for us!

This grey heron was keeping an eye on things.

This huge kudu would be a prize catch for someone, but we were only out to enjoy the beauty of it all!

This little lizard represents some of the smallest creatures.

This small fry stopped for lunch.

This was the first wild dog that we had seen.
We were fortunate enough to see her sharing lunch with her little one!

The trees in the large lake or pond, are filled with very large nests.
We were told that the small round things hanging down were bats!

This shows how close together they build the nests.

 Joyce and Nadine were amazed at the wonderful sights of nature that we saw.
It was indeed an enjoyable day!