I’m ready for another trip to Africa. It’s hard to believe the trip was five years ago ready. At times, it seems like yesterday and at other times it seems like it was decades ago. Regardless, here are some photos from our safari.
Alaska Brown Bears
I’ve been editing photos from our Alaska trip. Here are some bear photos I captured during one our many rainy excursions.
Alaska Brown Bear
I’m still recovering from our most recent trip, which was a cruise to Alaska. At one of the stops (Icy Straight Point), we did a nature hike. During the hike, we came upon this mama bear and her two cubs. Great experience!!
Beside the hike, I also did a polar plunge at this spot with over 100 other tourists.
By the way…. Why am I still recovering? Well, I came back straight into an extremely busy work schedule, plus having to catch up at work from being gone.
Random Bird
I don’t remember where I took this photo. I think…it was from our South Africa trip years ago, but I’m not sure. Regardless, I like the photo.
Dyrholaey
On both of our trips to Iceland, we hit up this spot along the Atlantic Ocean to watch Puffins. This photo is from our 2021 trip. This small peninsula has great views, tall cliffs, a lighthouse, puffins, and a large arch of volcanic rock in the ocean.
Icelandic Horse
One of the wonderful things about Iceland are their pretty horses throughout the country. I can’t explain what makes their horses different, but they just are. We pulled over during our trip at a random spot to conduct a little horse photo shoot and I captured this great image.
Puffin....
I don’t know about you, but I think Puffins are the cutest birds in the world. They are sort of cute like bunnies, panda bears, etc…. MJ and I just completed our 2nd trip to Iceland (which is why I’ve been absent online for a couple of weeks) with the last one taking place back in 2013. We saw puffins on that trip as well and I loved them. So, on this trip, we made it a point to go see these cute little birds again. Of course, I took tons of photos of the puffins and all of Iceland.
Bonaire Donkey
During both of our trips to Bonaire, we visited the Donkey Sanctuary. Great experiences!! This cute guy tried to camouflage himself in the brush.
Bonaire Turtle
In January 2020, we spent a week on the island of Bonaire with The Neighbors (our close friends and former neighbors). I loved the condo we rented on the beach, which allowed me to snorkel every day. One of those days, I spent a good ten minutes with this little guy.
Majestic Creature
MJ and I had a wonderful ten minutes watching this guy during a safari in Swaziland (now called Eswatini). He didn’t want to move from the road, so we just sat in the truck watching him do whatever he wanted.
Warthogs
Here is a photo of two cute Warthogs I captured during an animal safari in Kruger National Park (South Africa)…. That was a great trip.
Bull Elephant
Geez, I miss travel. Well, I miss everything that used to be normal. This Bull Elephant posed for us inside Kruger National Park (South Africa) during one of our safaris. He stood on the road looking at us, making noise, flapping his ears, and looking tough. I think this was in October of 2017….seems like two decades ago!!
Kruger Rhino
Short post tonight….. here is a photo I took in Kruger National Park (South Africa) of a Rhino who was literally crossing the road in front of our safari vehicle.
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Baby Baboon
After the news about RBG, we’ll need all the happy thoughts we can get!!! To help you with that, I’m sharing this cute baby baboon photo which I took on our South Africa trip. A troop baboons (maybe 10 of them) wandered by our safari vehicle.
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African Zebra
Here is a photo I took and haven’t shared yet from 2017. MJ and I traveled to South African with some amazing people. We traveled the country which included a number of safaris. We found this little guy on one of those game drives. Great memories!!
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African Penguin
Here is a photo from our trip to South Africa. This colony of penguins live at Boulders Beach on the Cape Peninsula. I didn’t count them, but I’d guess there was between 50 to 100 of these little guys.
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Flamingo
Simple photo for you on Sunday, so I’ll keep the comment simple as well. Beautiful Flamingo from the Bonaire national park.
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Fawn
Look what we found in our yard this week. He/she looked very young…like it was born this week. Anyway, he hung out with us all Wednesday and left that night. Cute little guy/girl!!!!
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Baby American Robins
MJ, Blair and I were out in the yard this morning messing around. We found this American Robin nest in a small tree next to our house. Inside were three tiny little baby American Robin birds. I’m not a bird expert, so I’m guessing these little ones are only a few days old. Someone out there can probably help determine their real age. They were waiting for their mom to bring dinner. Every time I made some noise, they would lift their heads like this expecting it to be mom.
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White Rhino
I keep searching for happy photos to post since there is so much darkness in our world right now. So tonight, I’m posting this photo from our 2017 trip to South Africa. We came upon this White Rhino during one of our safari rides. Wow, 2017 seems like 20 years ago right now…
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