I’ve heard it said that the man without a plan is at the mercy of the man with a plan. This is why I had a plan this morning, but I think I chose the wrong day to get organized because it started pouring with rain and everything must have run to the hills. I was driving east next to the hills thinking I might get those elephant I saw yesterday, I also knew the dogs were in that area, I pretty much would have settled for anything though.
I heard a vehicle coming up from behind me and it turned out to be Kim. He was trying to get to the other side of the hill where the dogs had cross over. He would have to go on foot so for me the dogs were out. I returned empty handed this morning, but not to worry because out the window of our house, I spotted a clever baboon thinking he was king of his castle sitting right at the top of a baobab tree.
He almost lost his balance and then the rain started bucketing down and brought the dude back down to take cover. Animals can be hilarious to watch in the rain.
In the afternoon I went back east, but this time I was following up on a report of twelve lions near the Makeche area. I did a rough sweep of the area checking for signal on Manyari in case she was one of them, this didn’t pan out like I planned. It’s a good thing there exists that word “but”, because after searching to the west of the reserve I passed someone who spotted lions. This was good, if I could find the lazy creatures. There was no sign of the lions, it was dark, cold and raining again I had to turn the vehicle off to listen for sounds that would indicate a direction.
After a half hour or so of checking every few hundred metres, I heard the bleet of an animal dying. I hit the jackpot on the direction and found the young pride on a wildebeest kill. They hadn’t even broken the skin open when I found them, it turned out to be a successful evening. After the lionesses had torn the carcass open, out of the shadows came their two cubs to feed on the kill. I am glad I saw them, because around the neck of the young cub was a snare and it had done some damage. Hopefully we will be going to the rescue again tomorrow – the story will continue.
damn those snares!!
Where was his troupe?
These are the same baboons who raid our house looking for fruit and veg, the rest of the troop were all there in the area, but this on must have decide he was on top of the world.