Still on Safari

Jen and I are in our third and final Safari camp, this time on the Chobe River across from Namibia. Last night we took a boat ride to watch the elephants swim across the river to an island and convinced our guide to take us to the Namibia side of the river so we could check off another country from the list...it's the little things.

While we got the picture of the great white to post I have been unable to convince any computer to upload any other pictures. Once we get back next week we'll get some up on the site to share. We have been very fortunate and have gotten some great views of many animals. We were able to see all of the "big five" at the last camp we were at, though we had to hunt for the leopard for several days. Finally, on the last evening we were there our guide spotted a leopard high in a tree overlooking a pride of lions turn an impala into cat food. We also had a pretty close encounter with a lioness who we found just as she was finishing lunch one day. She walked right behind the land cruiser, immediately under where Jen and I were sitting. She stopped to stare up at the two of us (from about 6 feet away) and just as I was trying to figure out how to explain to her that some of the other people in our car would taste much better than the two of us, she decided that she would rather drink from the stagnant pond than mess with us.

Tomorrow we go to Victoria Falls and then make our way back to Chicago via Joburg and London. Thanks to all of you who have written us and checked in. More to come.