Maasai Mara I

Two female predators--but who

is watching whom?

Folks, this is going to take more than

one posting.

We felt like ten-year-olds on

a field trip.

Our mouths gaped, we gasped,

we felt wonder.

From the grace of the antelope

to the terrible beauty of predators

and the brutal efficiency

of the scavengers,

we had to live and breathe

in awe at God's handiwork.

Here is just a little of what we

witnessed

in the Maasai Mara

in southern Kenya,

just north of the Serengeti

in Tanzania.

The animals migrate between these

two areas of harsh beauty.

















A view of the Maasai Mara and its antelope.
















This one is especially for Erma.


















Can you count the species? There are four.












This young lion defends his kill
and then drags several hundred pounds of water buffalo up a hill.


















Time for a nap,

but no one

will rub this cat's belly.

MORE TO COME...