2015

Maji Ni Uhai! Water Is Life! Part 1

Finding A Location – First Problem Solved Last week I posted a blog item about my promise to the women of the Ongata/Rongai area to drill a water well for them. As I write this I am sitting at the fantastic Kibo Safari Lodge having spent the last several days drilling a well. This will […]

It Pays To Go And Learn New Things

A few weeks ago I returned from an extraordinary camping trip with my son who was working this past summer for the National Park Service in Yosemite. I drove home from this trip late Sunday night basking in the glow of an incredible time with my son. Arriving home late after driving for 5 hours […]

There Is Hope For The Future of Wildlife

Throughout the history of this blog I have written about the terrible waste, tragedy and sadness in the killing of animals. I have written about my work with the Cheetah Conservation Fund and the effort to prevent the killing of cheetahs, particularly when it is so some rich person can have a cheetah as a […]

Be Aware, But Don’t Be Worried

I woke up last Thursday to the horror of the terrorist attack in Garissa, Kenya. My first thought was about the poor students and their families. My heart and sympathy goes out to them. This should not be happening to the people of Kenya who are so warm and wonderful. I also began to think […]

Going For The Maasai Gold!

I love the Maasai. They are a group of people you can learn a lot from. They look out for each other. Help each other with no expectation of reward in return and they easily laugh. They are also a brave group of people and as they graze their cattle in the bush there is […]

2014

EBOLA

E-Blown Out Of Proportion My wife is a journalist. She teaches feature writing instructing students on not only how to write but the ethics and proper way to act as a journalist. First and foremost is to get your facts straight. Unfortunately many in the media forget what they have learned and instead like drama […]

Kenya 5 Fun Facts

This week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts about Kenya which is named after Mt. Kenya, the highest point in the country and is 17,057 feet high more than 2000 feet less than Mt. Kilimanjaro the tallest point in Africa. Kenya is roughly the same size of Texas at 362,040 square […]

Tingatinga Painting

On any trip including a safari we always like to bring home a souvenir. On an African Safari there are some t-shirts and of course the beautiful beaded artwork and jewelry that is created. But did you know there is another type of art you can acquire (if you can find it)? It is called […]