We had a great time last weekend at a place called Naro Moru River Lodge. It was about 2 1/2 hours drive north of Nairobi and we had decided to get away for the weekend. The place we stayed had a pool, tennis courts, and we ate breakfasts and supper's there as part of the package. It was a very peaceful and beautiful place as you can see by the pictures. In the mornings there were lots of interesting birds that came to the trees just outside of our room. We had a really good peaceful break. The lodge was also just a couple of miles from the equator which we had to stop and get a picture of. :-)

We were also very near Mt. Kenya National Park and there are a couple of pictures of that included here as well. It was some beautiful scenery and also a couple of trails of army ants crossing the road. We parked on the road that leads up to the top of the mountian and walked a mile or so up the road. There were lots of cape buffalo tracks in the road and we kept hearing some baboons in the trees, but didn't see them anywhere. Angie thought it was kind of like hiking in a Jurassic Park movie.

Also this week we had to take our cat Twix back to the vet. He initially was bitten on the neck by a stray cat and it became infected so a couple of weeks ago we had to take him for surgery for a few days. Well after a week or two home it showed up again so this time he stayed there for thre or four days and he has a big shaved area with a scar and stitches. We hope this will be the last time we'll have to take care of this and it'll heal without getting more infections.

Kurt flew up in South Sudan this week and this picture is of Pierre which is a place that they keep some of their fuel in drums. They had about 15 passengers and were just dropping off 4 drums of jet fuel. It was kind of muddy, but difficult to see on the airplane because it's kind of a white sand/mud. It is the beginning of the rainy season in South Sudan so mud is going to be a part of his life now for the next few months.