So we made it safely to Nairobi! Hooray.

The trip up here was pretty exciting...because we had 10 people squished into the back of the pickup...and three squished into the front. Ohh boy. On the second day we spent a few hours in the Samburu Game Park before we continued our trip. Matthew was with us and told us all about the different animals. We saw a herd of 27 elephants!!! We followed them around for a while and it was exciting watching them drink and play in the water. We also saw giraffes, gazelles, zebras, crocodiles, a monitor lizard, some really big ugly birds that were some sort of stork but looked like vultures, oryx, and many beautiful birds.

We were very fortunate to drive on paved roads for all of Sunday. On the way we stopped at the Trout Tree Restaurant for lunch. Oookay, this is the coolest restaurant we've ever seen! It's in a tree house! They have trout living in little pools behind the restaurant, so it's all fresh. They even have trout pizza, and there are monkeys living in the trees that look like an old man crossed with a skunk. So as Melissa was enjoying her whole grilled trout (yes, with the head and everything,) one of those silly monkeys pooped right on her head. The poop bounced off and just missed her plate. To top it all off, the monkey also stole her potato and fish bones. Silly pooping pirate monkey.

And now we are in Nairobi. We relaxed and bought groceries on Monday, and today Gloria had an all day meeting so we hired a taxi and went on an adventure. First stop, the elephant orphanage! It's an organization that rescues orphaned baby elephants from the wild. They currently have 19 little elephants living with them, all under 2 years. They raise them until they're ready to rejoin the wild elephants. When they're released back into the wild you can't even tell the difference because they raise them so well. Their keepers sleep with the babies and feed them milk every three hours. It was pretty exciting.
Next stop...the giraffe park! Wanda, you were right! It was definitely worth it. We got to feed giraffes these food pellets right out of our hands. And...yes...we all kissed the giraffe. We even talked Melissa into being kissed by the giraffe. If you put a piece of food between your lips it'll lick it right up. Yummy. They're tongues must be a foot long.

And now we are restless and just waiting to fly back home tomorrow night. Tomorrow will be another very relaxing day, possibly a trip to the market, and other than that...just trying to pass time. We'll be home soon guys! Hooray!