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An entry by Moose Peterson in his blog sent me scurrying to my archives to look at some images from a trip I took to the Masai Mara during one of the great migrations.  Most of the images I took on the trip never saw the light of day ... at least not on this blog.  While looking at the archives, two of the images that I had never processed jumped out at me.  Here they are:

A black and white image of a Hippo with a bird on its back:

And the second was a Sunrise shot of an Acacia tree that is so prevalent in this part of Africa.  Most of our group had opted to take a hot air balloon ride leaving me alone with a Land Rover and Guide.  I didn't know it at the time, but it was the start of a memorable day.  

After the sun came up, I asked the driver to follow this Cheetah and her three cubs.  She ended up on a ridge where I took this shot:

A  little later, we spotted a line of Wildebeests crossing a track.  As we slowly approached it, I suddenly understood why the Wildebeest were jumping when they reached the track!  I nearly wet myself with anticipation of what might happen:

After all this excitement, we headed back to the lodge for lunch where we met the returning "ballooners." That afternoon, we watched our third "river crossing" of thousands of wildebeests.  Here's a few shots from that crossing:

I hope you enjoyed this tiny look back to the  year 2006.  The African Continent is amazing; the Kenyan Masai Mara/Serengeti and the yearly migration is awesome! It was a National Geographic kind of day... a really great day!

I hope you have one today .... and, thanks for checking this out.

Adam