August 2014

  • Migration of the Wildebeest

    Migration of the Wildebeest

    There were thousands and thousands of wildebeest in the Serengeti migrating in long long lines.  We parked our land rover in front of one of those long lines as they were slowly ambling towards us.  All of a sudden there was a stampede and everyone took off at top speed.  They thundered right at…

  • Cheetahs in the Serengeti

    Cheetahs in the Serengeti

    We found these two beautiful cheetah on the Serengeti Plain last week.  That’s the mom on the left and daughter (I think) on the right.  A few minutes later the mom pounced on a small reedbuck antelope, dragged it into some brush to hide from lions and gave it to her cub to devour…

  • Home, Home on the Range

    Home, Home on the Range

    Last night about 6:00, I finally got off the plane after some 24 hours from Arusha, Tanzania to Dar As Salam to Amsterdam to New York to Philadelphia International and into the arms of Ken and Yumiko  and Hsiumei who were all waiting patiently in the baggage claim area.  So great to be home…