Our afternoon drive was with the rain. I almost didn’t go but it was well worth it. We began the drive with zebra, bucks and then I spotted an elephant. It was a moody guy named “Stumpy” as his tail is cut off. He is a very spirited young bull and gave us quite a show, with ears flapping, facing us directly and even trumpeted a couple of times. We followed him quite a while and he led us to 4 Rhinos. It was an interesting dance of animal energy as the two acknowledged, tested out and then danced around one another.

We moved on after watching the Rhino for a while and Frank found the elephant herd on the move. He pulled the vehicle up so they would cross our path. We were treated to an elephant parade! First came one of the females and she paused and showed us her power and authority (although she is not the matriarch) . Then came the 9 mos old, 2 males, then the matriarach. She is an amazing energy and paused to make her power known. She was followed by 2 males who just strolled on by and then pulling up the rear in his own way came Stumpy. After that we found 3 giraffe, watched them for a bit and got to see one open up his stride to a most beautiful canter. So graceful!