Greetings friends...

      Again, I don't know where to start...we've seen SO MANY amazing things during the last two days!  Every single sighting is a huge "wow"...there are SO MANY exciting things to share!  Yes...you're right, I'm having the time of my life!

We've been hiking as the sun was rising, and have been  on game drives until after 11 at night...and have used every moment in between!   We're having great conversations about wildlife management in both Kenya and in the US...and have had amazing brainstorming sessions about the cool things that can happen in NY classrooms as a result!  We've been meeting with all kinds of researchers and have met amazing people in the midst of it all.  It's an incredible honor to be traveling with this team of great  people who are at the top of their field, and have incredible senses of humor too.

Yesterday one of the cool opportunities that we had was to visit a school for their Conservation Club class.  We got involved with an outdoor exploration that focused on native birds.  'Great kids and real dedicated teachers too!

      So...today we saw perhaps THE most beautiful bird on the planet today...the rose breasted roller.  In a word SPECTACULAR!!!  We also saw wildlife at every  turn....elephants, eagles, ostriches, bazzles of giraffes, gazelles, Hartebeasts, Monkeys, rhinos, impala, and tons of really cool birds and so many cool things that only my camera can "remember" at this moment.

I've never learned so much so fast, and our conversations about biodiversity have been incredibly engaging and exciting professional exchanges.  My Swahili vocabulary is slowly growing too.  Our days are spent hanging out of the top hatches of our Land Cruiser and looking every bit the part of Safari teams. 

Internet access is a little sketchy...I'll be in touch ASAP...Take care!  MW

« back to blog