Up bright and early this morning, I set my alarm for 6:20, and was ready to go by the required 7:00. Loaded up into the Jeep and headed out. One of the first things we saw was a couple of lions stalking something, then onto flamingo's and hippos around the shoreline of the lake. Then we had a long stretch where we didn't see too much, waiting to spot the leopard, which we never ended up doing. But we did see tens of thousands of zebras, which I'm told was the most zebra's that our guides have ever seen at one time. We also saw lots of wildebeests and hyenas and ended up with watching for cheetahs. We also spent some time watching two lions and two lionesses lazing around by the river. Finally ended up back at camp at about 1:30 or so, had lunch, and then retired to my tent for a while. There was a plan to go riding at 4:00 which I said at lunch I probably would not be going on. In fact I stated that I thought the riding portion of my adventure was probably done. Luke generously offered to arrange for someone to go with me at a walk in case that would make things better for me. But I considered it in this way. Would I want to ride my own horse in my own tack feeling the way that I feel right now? And the answer was no, in fact, hell no. My shoulder is still aching, though not too terribly except occasionally when I move it the wrong way and then it feels like someone stabbing me in the back. I hope it improves, but I took three Ibuprofen this morning and it didn't seem to help all that much. Though I do appreciate his efforts, and I may take him up on some of it, but probably not for a day or two. We got back to camp and it was quite pleasant for a while and then a serious thunderstorm came in and apparently blew down one of the shower and toilet tents, and Luke's tent, but in my tent things went well, I felt as snug as a bug in the rug even though the wind was blowing quite heavily. I relaxed for the afternoon as the storm blew over, then it was time for sundowners. One of the guys brought me some wellies, otherwise known as gumboots here, because I still had not gotten my boot covers returned. So I had joined the sundowners group, followed by another fabulous gourmet dinner (hard to figure out how they make such delicious food out here in the middle of nowhere!) , then took my shower and now I'm off to bed! Luke has offered an alternative riding option, which I may take up, but we'll see what happens, there is still some doubt as to the schedule tomorrow because of the possibility of more rain. It seems to have drained pretty quickly but apparently if there's another storm it may cause problems for the breakdown tomorrow. We'll see! Very flexible, this whole mobile camp thing. Still looking forward to the upcoming days, but frankly, I feel as though I have received full value for my money, even if I don't ride another day. Of course, I would still like to do a little bit more riding, but not if it puts my health in danger. Don't have anything to prove at this point in my life. Going to bed shortly, just going to read for a bit, then off to Nana land. Good night my love!
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