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Dipping our toes back in life
It’s mid-June and Chuck and I are fully vaccinated and starting to get back into the swing of “normal” life. This new normal involves always having a mask handy and washing our hands a LOT more than in pre-pandemic times. But in one big way life IS returning to normal – we’re starting to make…
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Time capsule: Life in the time of coronavirus
After a long time away, I logged into the blog and found this draft post from June 2020. A year ago. A lifetime ago. Weird trip down memory lane. Dear Diary, It’s been twelve weeks since shelter in place hunker down quarantine safer at home “guidances” went into effect in California. I had all sorts…
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A Week Plus in Spain, Part One: A Very Mellow Introduction to Andalusia
Our flight from Nairobi to Paris was long but uneventful. We got back in the late afternoon and said farewell to my sister and brother-in-law who were planning on spending a few days in Paris then heading home to Pittsburgh. We, on the other hand, headed to Roissy-en-France for the night so we could catch…
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Safari, Days 6-8: Ol Kinyei Conservancy and Our Safari Comes to an End
We flew from Samburu to our final camp near the Masai Mara National Reserve. We saw all sorts of animals on our approach: zebras, elephants, wildebeests, all roaming around. In fact wildebeests had to be shooed off the field so we could land. Our driver and guide George and Tim were waiting for us and…
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Safari, Days 4-5: Samburu
We flew from Amboseli to Samburu National Reserve in a Safarilink Cessna 206 (our takeoff was slightly delayed as they had to shoo zebras off the runway, you know, as so often happens). We arrived in the mid-afternoon and were immediately taken on a game drive. Each location we visited was unique – the terrain,…
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Safari Days 2-3: Where We See Still More Animals and Nearly Get Stuck in the Mud
We left the Nairobi Tented Camp and drove to the Porini Amboseli Camp inside the Selenkay Conservancy the borders Amboseli National Park. It was a 5 hour drive (and the only drive of the trip, thank goodness – all other travel to parks was via small plane) and was our chance to experience the Kenyan…
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