To Soit Orgus - Sun March 8

Drove around rim of crater when we left. Stopped at the park headquarters to buy diesel for the rover. I saw a weather station so the trip was complete.

Down the north side of the crater into the open plain.

Stopped at the Oldavi gorge museum for lunch. They have a nice exhibit. It was quite windy.

Drove across the gorge to get where we were going. Saw a large sand dune in the middle of the plain. We drove for hours through a short grass plain. There was nothing to see for miles. When we finally got to some trees there were several giraffes on the edge.

We stopped and talked to a small group of Maasi who where walking. Pallanygo thought they were relocating. He gave them some water.

We came upon some Maasi cattle guarded by a small boy. He was scared by us. Pallanygo drove toward him and he really ran then. His mother came over and they talked. We gave them water and a bottle to hold it in.

We came to where our camp site was. There were large boulders everywhere. It was very lovely. Wonderful. Lomo and LeMaria had the camp all set up.