New Year's Game Drive

On New Year's Day, we were treated to a game drive with Bryan Wilson and his family on a private game farm outside of Lusaka. For the first 15 minutes the boys sat on top and proclaimed..."no girls allowed, Mom!"  

Carrie, Holly, Ross Wilson, Micah, Toby Wilson (on top), Diane and Charis Wilson (inside) 

But it was getting hard to see the animals and take pictures from inside the vehicle, so Holly and I ventured onto the roof-rack.  What you can't see is the gigantic hill in front of the truck that we had to drive up and down.  That was a new experience trying to balance myself and hold onto Holly at the same time.  The adventurous side of me was pretty stoked.  

Here was the prize, a healthy mature giraffe.  A giraffe in the wild bears very little resemblance to the ones back in the American zoo.  This once obviously had plenty of food and land to run around on.  I was so amazed at how muscular this particular giraffe was. 

Here is a an animal that I have never seen before--a sable.  The black sable to left side of the photo is the male and this is his little "tribe" of females and new babies.  There is a teenage male in the bunch who's hair is starting to turn black like his father's.  Notice how long the horns are on the sable.  I wonder what God's purpose was in such long horns.  

There were other animals, but either I was holding on too tightly to the rack to get a pic or they were too far away to post a decent picture.  It was such a blessing to be out in creation and take in all that God has made. Thanks Wilson's!