What's traveling if not off road? We joined Zenan and the birding club for an excursion to the dry north side of Mount Meru. Binoculars in hand, we spotted the rare and endangered Beasley's Lark. Our two Maasai guides seemed unperturbed by the 50mph winds. The coaster, however, was a different story. Since all Land Rovers were in use, we got a non-4-wheel-drive van. Once off road, it sank hubcap deep in powdery dust. Picture 25 kids gathering sticks to put under the wheels, then pushing. Vumbi! Clouds of dust in their faces. After three tries, success! Now, get back to the road.
But no, there's more. Next we searched for the rare gueranac, a desert antelope. Alas, it remained elusive. Wait! Are those the tracks of the gueranac I see? No... a goat. Oh.
Fun anyway! Mount Kilimanjaro was above the clouds in the distance.
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I believe that every vehicle in which I rode, except for one, got stuck somewhere!
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