Had a good night's sleep, woke up once around 4:30, but I guess I must have fallen back to sleep because the alarm woke me up at 6:20. Went about the usual morning of having breakfast and packing up, because today was another moving day. I decided to definitely not ride today, so they went off on the horses about the same time that I went off in the Jeep with Morisa, which Luke arranged for me as an alternative to riding. As we meandered across the plains, observing the usual collection of zebra, wildebeest, Thompson gazelles and Grant gazelle's, we did come across a pair of cheetah, a male and a female which is apparently rare, and we had hoped that we could watch them on the hunt, because they seem to be very thin and a bit on the hungry side. Unfortunately the female was walking in a direction that took them away from the herds, and eventually they just lay down and napped for a while. Once we got thoroughly convinced that nothing was going to happen there, we headed on and got to another gorgeous lunch spot on the brow of a hill overlooking a vast, animal populated valley. It wasn't too long after that when the horses and their riders arrived. We had a lovely lunch and then several hours of relaxation under the trees, mostly reading and enjoying the quiet, before we once again set off on our respective modes of transportation. We once again we're looking for some interesting wildlife, saw most of the usual, and one female cheetah that was traveling along on her way to something, but got lost once she passed the tree line. We got back to camp shortly thereafter, and I relaxed in my tent for a while resting my back. Once the team arrived on horseback, we once again conjugated at the bar and enjoyed gin and tonics and other drinks until dinner, enjoying each other's conversation. Had another lovely dinner, like having gourmet food from a fabulous restaurant out here in the middle of nowhere. Amazing! Dinner was a little bit later, but afterward I had my usual shower, and I'm quite ready for bed. I've made plans to have a shorter slower ride tomorrow, hoping that my back will be cooperative. Fingers crossed! Good night, my love!
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