22 & 23 Sep 2014 - Mt Kenya National Park

The 'bedroom' in our second tented room.

Bathroom in above room. Shower is built for 10 people.

Our breakfast Masai piper.
 

Corky helping to remove roof for morning game drive.

As much as we hated to leave, another adventure awaits!

We did a short game drive in the morning and lo and behold we saw an lion....lying under some trees in the distance but a lion it was! Yes, I should have invested in that extra long lens but it is what it is. There were numerous Giraffes and Oryx, Zebras and Antelope, and beautiful birds galore.

It was a four-hour drive into the mountains to the Mt Kenya National Park. It cooled off quickly and the fertile fields were busy with planting and/or harvesting....depending on what it was. One area is totally filled with massive greenhouses....literally hundreds of acres as far as the eye can see and it's all flowers. Every day flowers are trucked to Nairobi and flown to all part of the globe. There are also some vegetable greenhouses but the majority are flowers....roses particularly. It certainly provides some much needed employment.

After a short climb up a mountain road we arrived at our destination lodge and I immediately booked a massage and pedicure. Because we have been sitting in airplanes and the jeep for so long, my feet were starting to swell and I just needed a 'settle down' massage. It certainly worked...I went to supper feeling very relaxed and had awesome looking toes to boot.

The lodge rims a watering hole where the animals come in to drink. A small herd of Cape Buffalo came in and before we left for supper, one of the guides asked if we wanted to be awakened if a Leopard came in through the night. We opted to take our chances and get up early instead and this morning we watched some Antelope until two Hyaenas trotted down the path and sent them scattering. Each room faces the watering hole and every room has a balcony for viewing as well as viewing areas throughout the hotel.

It's much cooler but when we got back to our room after supper, someone had come in to turn down the beds and slipped a hot bottle in the bed. Very nice. We are off to breakfast and then back in the van to our next location and an afternoon game drive. I will update later with pics. xx

Update: wrote a ton and internet crapped out. Will re-do later about our incredible lodgings tonight (23 Sep).