Father's Day Fun
Black and White Rhinos at the Solio Game Reserve in Kenya's Central Highlands
Emma sporting Daddy's big hat while we stop for lunch at the historic Outspan Hotel.
For Father's Day, Erica and the kids surprised me with family drive in the Solio Game Reserve in the beautiful grassy plains and yellow acacia forests that lay in the shadow of Mt. Kenya. Solio is a breeding centre for black and white rhino. We also happened upon herds of oryx, zebra, giraffe, gazelle, and buffalo. It was such a fun family day!
White rhinos are huge animals: Our pictures do not do them justice (The full grown males can reach 6 feet high and 12 feet long -- not including the 40 inch tail). It is actually quite frightening to see one stand and move toward you, even in our mini van we didn't think that a rhino charge was something we would want to experience. Even with their bulky weight (4,400 - 5060 lbs for adult males) white rhinos can still gallop at 40 kph and trot at 29 kph. We were thrilled to spend a day among them and their smaller and much more shy cousins the black rhino.
For Father's Day, Erica and the kids surprised me with family drive in the Solio Game Reserve in the beautiful grassy plains and yellow acacia forests that lay in the shadow of Mt. Kenya. Solio is a breeding centre for black and white rhino. We also happened upon herds of oryx, zebra, giraffe, gazelle, and buffalo. It was such a fun family day!
White rhinos are huge animals: Our pictures do not do them justice (The full grown males can reach 6 feet high and 12 feet long -- not including the 40 inch tail). It is actually quite frightening to see one stand and move toward you, even in our mini van we didn't think that a rhino charge was something we would want to experience. Even with their bulky weight (4,400 - 5060 lbs for adult males) white rhinos can still gallop at 40 kph and trot at 29 kph. We were thrilled to spend a day among them and their smaller and much more shy cousins the black rhino.
posted by four_kennys @ Friday, June 20, 2008
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1 Comments:
I am so glad you are able to take a few recreation days and remove yourselves from the ongoing stress of your challenging ministry. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
(I guess that white rhinos are not suitable as household pets!)
Linda
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