The Mara

Last weekend, the 4 of us who had gone to Egypt together headed to the Mara on safari for the boys' birthday. (Yes, in addition to the same first name, they share the same the same birthday. And the same middle name.) It was a great time of reconnecting after a summer apart, hearing people's stories, and playing cards- Wendy and I beat the boys _again_ at Rook.

The Mara is by far my favorite place I've visited on safari. I loved the open sky, the tawny plains, the striking trees.

The birthday boys, with a bonus giraffe
Us girls, with a speckling of migrating wildebeest in the background
Wildebeest who finally got up the nerve to cross the river
God did a great job on East Africa.