How would you feel one night if you awoke to one of these guys staring at you in your tent….

well it actually happened….

I could feel the earth shaking as I heard the deafening crush of leaves and branches and then suddenly in the shadows of our tent porch was one HUGE elephant staring right at Gail and myself ( or so it felt like…) With our adrenaline at full rush we quickly sprang into action…but what does one REALLY do when faced with an elephant in your Camp sight?? So we just shook and prayed. We instantly recalled the famous words of our safari camp leader…”do not sound the emergency horn unless it is a MEDICAL emergency”. Gail and I pondered….would an adrenaline rush qualify???

The hours passed VERY slowly and our dear friend returned about two hours later only to actually curl up beside our tent and make his ‘bed’ for the remaining of his night’s rest.

The next night he was replaced by a hippo who got to his bed first!!!

Thank goodness we love the adventure and these amazing animals…