They say that "Music soothes the savage beast". Well it seems that COUNTRY MUSIC makes them downright friendly! Here I am at Sweetwaters Game Preserve near the Mt. Kenya Safari Club, with my new friend Moroni the Rhino. Moroni is a word from the Maasai language meaning Warrior. The gentleman behind me is a Park Ranger. He is well armed and can legally shoot poachers, no questions asked! (Hooray for that!)

We were accompanied on our safari vacation by two WONDERFUL traveling buds, Cheryl (behind me), and Kim (behind Cheryl), from the Richmond, Virginia area. They were great to have along as Cheryl is a Zoo Veterinarian and knew almost as much as our professional guides did about the wildlife. And Kim is a Nurse Anesthesiologist, and could share a wealth of medical insights. Looks like we make Moroni "horny" (but they say he's always that way!).

Here's a "little" friend I made at the Sweetwaters Tented Camp where we stayed for two nights, about midway through our safari vacation. I'm sharing my breakfast with a Marabou Stork. While you can't tell it from this photo, this hungry little guy stands just over 4 feet tall! I'm just over 5 feet tall, so as you might guess, I was very generous with my breakfast.

Here's me and hubby, Brett gettin' smooshy, smooshy, kissy, kissy in the back of one of our safari vehicles in Kenya. August 2006, near Nairobi.









As anyone who has ever listened to me knows, I'm a huge animal lover...so my safari trip was a magical experience for me. I particularly loved the elephants...and saw literally hundreds of them. I think I took pictures of EVERY SINGLE ONE!


Here is a photo I snapped of a mother elephant keeping watch over two babies.




Here's me & Brett visiting with some Samburu tribesmen. The Samburu guys really wanted Brett's shirt...at least SOMEBODY is promoting the radio station! By the way...Brett eventually did give up the shirt. So, if you're walking around Kenya some day, and a big, tall guy carrying a club and wearing a WYCD T-Shirt comes your way, you better start singing some country tunes or you might have to give up your shirt too!





As a price for taking a picture of these lovely Tucana tribeswomen, I had to do a "Wahoo-Whoopee" dance with all the ladies of the village. (Brett thought MY version of the dance looked like a good ole Texas 2-Step).

I called the lady in the center "Boing-Boing" because of the decorative piece on the top of her head...it is actually her hair wound tightly with a wire, ending in a tuft at the top.

MORE POSTS TO COME on Sunday, the 26th, so check back in. In the meantime, keep your radio tuned to WYCD 99.5 FM -particularly M-F 7pm until Midnight ;)

My love to you all...Jyl

Hi All. Been a little while since I've put any pics up here. I took tons of pics in Kenya, Africa, and I'm still sorting through them.

In the meantime...check out these vids of me in Kenya. Click on the links, and you'll be taken to YouTube. Thanks!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1XdczHkEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRFRUZRJBk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tktkyEcuHe8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP_D_W7Qu3E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyjiFNQQNAY



Check back in this coming week, and I should have some Africa photos up for you!

Love

Jyl