Another Monday Adventure

Not sure why this always happens to us, but for some reason every time Kelly and I go somewhere together, some type of “adventure” follows us. We decided to head up north and check out the South Turkana National Reserve. After you pass through the Cherangani Hills, you leave the lush tropical climate of Kitale behind, and enter into the dry, desolate desert.After about 2.5 hours of driving on the bumpy roads of Kenya, we finally reached our destination only to find out that the elephants we were trying to see had migrated due to the drought. We were disappointed, but not discouraged. We were determined to make our trip worthwhile. We decided to head farther into the park in search for some hot springs. I know this seems ironic due to the heat, but it was a destination, so we were going for it. The game warden had warned us that we would need a 4x4 to get there, but we decided to see how far we could get anyway. We made it about 4 miles before the truck got stuck in the sand…ooops, guess we should of listened to the game warden. Fortunately, Kelly and I love these types of situations, and found the whole thing pretty funny, and were not bothered by the circumstances at all. Kelly, my hero, spent about 2 hours trying to get us out before we decided to walk back and face the game warden.Fortunately, he didn’t rub in the fact that he told us we needed a 4x4 too much. The soldiers stationed there hopped into their truck, pulled us out, and we were on our way in about 30 minutes. After getting completely hot, dirty, & sweaty dealing with the truck, we decided to take a dip in the river on the way home.This experience made the whole trip worthwhile. The water was just cool enough to be refreshing, but warm enough to make swimming for a while tolerable. The perfect end to a fantastic day!