Serengeti NP - Tues March 10

We are off to the Serengeti National Park. We said goodbye to Lomiak and LeMaria, the Dorobo staff. They were returning the Arusha as we headed north.

We had to drive north to the gate to enter the park. Then we turned south to get to our camp. We saw lots of animals along the way. We saw two female lions in the shade. Some Topi and Reedbucks. Lots of zebra and wildebeasts.

We had two special sightings though. One was a cat that is not seen often, a serval cat. The other was driving up on three cheetahs who had just killed a gazelle. It was a mother and two cubs. The mother was tired from the kill and retreated to the shade of a nearby tree. The two cubs then pulled the animal over to the shade.

Robin was not feeling well. We figured it was just traveler's crud. My Dad had a thermometer so we took her temperature. It was 102. That was not good. We put cold rags on her and she kept drinking. When we got to camp we went straight to the tent for a shower and she got in bed. Then I kept her cool with some ice and wet rags. She finally cooled down. I even amazed her when she asked for a straw.

The shower water was very slimy because it came from the local Ndutu lake which is alkaline.