Rafting the Nile

By far, one of the coolest things I've ever done is rafting the Nile. It was awesome! The rafting company (Nile River Explorers-awesome people) starts out be feeding you breakfast and then trucking you down to the river. You have a full day of rafting that includes lunch in your boat, and then you head back up the river for a nice cookout. It was one of the funnest days ever! It was by far the biggest rapids I've ever seen too. There were mostly class 4 and 5. Our boat flipped twice and on the last rapids of the day, I had to be rescued by a kayak....it was amazing!!! They are getting ready to build a dam on the river so the rapids will be no more....so you need to go do this soon!!


I'm in the middle holding on as our boat was flipping...

Africa Tour 2010

So I started out on the scenic route home by getting into Uganda 2 hours early. Yeah that has never happened on a flight before but I guess there's a first time for everything. The next day we headed down to Murchison Falls Game Park. We had lots of fun and got to see plenty of animals. A Cape Buffalo would even come by the window to our room every night....we would see the tracks in the morning. The trip included a river boat ride where I saw too many hippos to count.


Of course I had to get lots of pictures of my favorite animal....


Ok, we found this lion at the end of the second day. It was awesome and obviously we were really close. As we were watching her, she locked in on some antelope in a field near by, starting walking over there, and got in a crouch. I was flipping out because I just knew I was gonna see my first kill. I was so pumped....and I realize that this makes me sound heartless...but when you're right there in the moment...you want to see it happen. And I immediately began humming The Circle of Life. Well, she sat there for a minute, toying with my emotions and then decided she wasn't hungry and walked away. Come on!!! Eat already!