July
21, 2016
Today
started out early!! 5 am! We made breakfast and then set out to check the traps
and change some more camera cards. But before we could set up we needed
to get the Land Rover started. She
doesn’t like the cold too much so we needed to give her a little running
start. When I first arrived in Africa it
was very unnerving to hear the lions while you where falling asleep and then
last night it was so quiet and odd NOT hearing the lions! While we were
checking the traps we saw zebra, wildebeasts, and giraffes! All before
730 am!
We
spent the morning rebaiting and resetting traps. We also looked at some
of the SD cards to see what animals were around the traps. On one there
was a leopard about a half hour after we left- which means it was most likely
watching us set the trap and cameras up and waited until we were gone.
.
The meat we used
to reset the traps with us on top of the land rover.
That is one big
chunk of meat!
We
ate lunch and watched a group of baboons and warthogs running around. The
amount of wildlife you see here seems surreal, especially when you think about
what we have at home... Squirrels, raccoons and rabbits, some deer, maybe
a bear once in a while.
I
don't think the pictures of the scenery will do it any justice. You can
see forever!!! You feel like you are on top of the world and the only
person for miles and miles. The air is so quiet, there is no
background noise or light pollution. The rock formations in Matopos are
just beautiful.
As
we are driving around changing SD cards we are dragging the hind end of a calf
to create a scent trail....
At home we see
deer…in Africa…we see….ZEBRA!!
The
sunsets here are beautiful. The colors are indescribable and I tried to
take some pictures but the camera could not capture the colors.
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