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Last Jeep Day
We needed to have our luggage outside our door by 7:00 am and then could go down to breakfast. Today was an easier light day. We left the hotel for the last Safari ride of the trip going to a national park. I'll get the name of that park later. At this one as soon as we drove in there were elephants waiting to cross the road and we got some close up pictures.
We went then to a big watering hole and watched the zebra, wildebeests, antelope and elephants come down to drink. 
We stopped at a huge Baobab tree. This tree was known as the poachers tree as they would hide in it and had spikes going up the middle to hide the elephant tusks that were illegally harvested. We all took the time to climb into the tree, it was very large inside and held quite a few people. Of course we took pictures of everyone taking their turns. Below are Joan and Sarah.
We were within about 10 feet or less of elephants, so close we could easily see their huge eyelashes. We watched a bull elephant use his trunk to dig for water and drink. We saw huge termite mounds and the tiny mongooses that were patrolling them in hopes of an termite meal. Our 6 jeep drivers with their jeeps posed for a picture for us.
Ours is the jeep on the right of the picture. Our driver's name was Oswald but we called him number 7 as each time we were in the jeep we were waiting for number 7 to get in and start driving.
We found a picnic area for our lunch then started for our hotel for the night which just happens to be the same hotel we stayed in the first night here. Joan and Sarah actually got their same room. We went down for supper at 6:30 pm and all ate together on a long table outside. We are now back up in our rooms. Diane is in Joan and Sarah's room playing games while I'm working on the computer. I found a way to share a few pictures of our day but most of the pictures from this trip will be added later. Tomorrow ten of our group will be climbing up to the first base camp of Kilimanjaro. They need to leave at 5:00 am tomorrow morning, the other 25 of us will be visiting a coffee plantation and don't need to leave until 8:30 am. I'm one of the 25 and will enjoy the chance to sleep in some.