Critters

Every trip you go on brings new adventure, and with these adventures come critters. My African sister Ann and I discovered the revolting presence compelled by this female cheetah. She had no name, which I will name her now Melificent. Yes, after the evil queen in Sleeping Beauty... Her energy was just that striking! As she gnawed on her meat!! What a great honor it was to join Ann in these experiences. Thank-You again to all of my supporters.

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Extra special thanks to my mom, Lori Thiel, who has inspired me to be such a shining lady striving every day to make the world more peaceful!

Farmanator

These moments I had on in Tanzania, looking back, really remind me...

The good ole' Wisconsin Cows

Grazing through breakfast...

Close to heart

Finding a nice hole in the ground shortly after grazing...

Heart closed

Not much business this year, only business is business

Business was usual, is usual, always usual...

Holes in the ground, ground with the holes...

Don't Cha Know?

Would you like that toasted?? ( ha ha, Nick! )

The BIG One

Stella Point, the point of no return. Why do they call this moment Stella Point? I for some reason was thinking, it might be named after the Belgium wheat beer Stella Artois. Someone may have woken up with a killer hang over, then climbed Kili, then said, "Ahh! This point, this is Stella, my hangover!" (ha ha ha)

The big Kahuna, el Nino, el Chupacabra, the Greatness!! WHO IS IT?

After climbing six hours in sheer night we reached Stella Point. About 18,885 ft (5,756 m) magnificently high above the clouds. Amazingly, mother nature feels imprisoning as short winded as I was. From Stella Point we found ourselves still 45 minutes from Uhuru Peak.

Waking up at base camp Barafu (#4) at 11:30pm, about 15,000ft high, we begin to
ascend Uhuru Peak (19,395ft). Around sunrise we reach Stella Point. The clouds silhouetting Mt. Meru, and the boxing stance of yours truly, barely standing.

Throughout the entire climb I was grooving- it was easy with the serene surroundings positively throwing vibes back all around. The guides who shared our Kilimanjaro journey were phenomenal. We all enjoyed a very unique experience, and one by one summited at 7:00am, October 5th, 2010.

Today, completely exhausted, I hang on for dear life! This day, was the day, I decided to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro!

Mean Reads

Pent up

Groovin'

Feet breath neatly

Bobbin & Weavin'

in different retrospect

while mind's

Nervin' Swervin'Minervin

Towards that verb in

-Talk-

Freedom.

Volcano Passage

Finally arriving after getting lost just passed the Great Rift Valley, Kaboom!

One word to say to a volcano when you meet.

Large words can describe the exact appearance, but few can describe the f

eelings beyond jaw dropping.

It just so happened the day we decided to meet our first volcano a group numbering over 650 children was also climbing with us! We met blind students who, although, were only hiking to the side volcanic crator still flew by us on the trails. Blazing ahead filling the air with dust when I arrived, finally catching up with them, they asked, "what does it look like?" All I could respond was, "it looks like Mother Earth is smiling!"

"I see her teeth in the side cliff over there, and everything is very green. She may have just had a nice holsem meal of broccoli."

Longonot's peak you can see just near my forehead in this shot. The craters are so vast with

lucious greens, and just beyond it you can site Lake Nakuru. Beside lake Nakuru you see a white row. This white row are signs from a white rose farm. Kenya is the largest exporter in white roses in the world! While driving past this region to Lake Nakuru you can smell the

roses, very nice!!

Arrival

Day 1:

September 22nd finally in Kenya. We went to the Safari Orphanage to meet baby hippos, ostriches, cheetah, rhino, albino zebras, water buffalo, wildebeest, caterpillar, and lions.

It was the utmost privilege to pet a cheetah, and ostrich!!

The energy around such creatures is truly electric.