this is the real zoo!

hi everybody and excuse the lower case letters but i only have ten minutes left and trying to figure out the keyboard is a bit difficult.

we left zambia yesterday and crossed the zambezi river in a speed boat and now we are in botswana. i just had to take a three hour nap with the frauses as we got up at 5 in the morning to go on the morning game ride.

it was absolutely amazing! we sat in the backof a 4X4 vehicle and here is what we saw in three hours time:

cape buffalo including "buffalo bull"
kudu
spotted hyena, pregnant
the sunrise!
yellow bellied stork
hippos
guinea fowl also known as chobe chicken!
wart hogs
elephants
tree squirrels
ground hornbills

but the very best were the lions, oh my! we saw at least eight of them, but not the big guy. although some folks spotted him later. the mom was there and other moms and their cubs. they were playing and the main mom growled for everybody to come over. i have never seen anything like it...ever.

and as proud as i am to be a bear i would be quite proud to be a lion.

i have to go as the computer is flashing that i only have five minutes left. we are off to a late lunch here at the chobe marina lodge and then another game viewing expedition.

xo

teddy