After our amazing balloon ride we started our jeep game hunt. Today was truly crazy on how many cats we saw. First we came upon a leopard that was hunting a gazelle. This was a mama leopard. We saw her den but did not see the cubs. Joan found the den.We were pretty sure as it had lots of flies around it. We started looking for lions and came upon a huge male that posed nicely for us. We were looking for a cheetah when Joan saw a serval cat and marveled at the gorgeous markings and large ears. Not far from that sighting we came upon another carrying a live rabbit in its mouth. We continued our search for a cheetah when we came upon a male leopard up in a tree with the carcass of a wildebeest. One of the guests on this trip made the comment, "I didn't know wildebeests could climb." we laughed but really laughed when we found out he was serious. That was an amazing find. Of course lots of pictures and videos were taken. We stopped at a tree for lunch that had beautiful blue and orange starlings. During the prayer one of those pretty birds let fly some poop that landed on Amy's hat. That was a good warning for the rest of us to move away from the tree. After lunch we found a mama cheetah with her two cute cubs. They were so close to our jeeps they walked between them and one of the cubs had to taste the running board. The cubs went under a jeep and laid down. It didn't stay long before coming out on the other side. We were heading back but stopped to see a big male lion lay under a tree. He was huge and magnificent. We needed to stop for gas and were thankful for the bathroom break. Made it back to camp by 6:30 pm. We were going to take a shower before the dinner but had no water. That got repaired about 20 minutes before we needed to be at the dining room but we still got our showers just didn't have much water pressure but at least we had hot water. Diane and I left pretty quickly after supper. We had been up since 3:30 am for the balloon ride and were leaving in the morning at 6:00 am to drive to the crater. Sarah has been taking amazing pictures.
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