Thursday, April 24, 2008

My Safari



On my safari I saw elephants, cob, bush buck, water buck, baboons, roan, cape buffalo, wart hogs, monkeys, jackal, different birds, and hippos.  It was fun.  I went with my friend Abby, her dad, Mr Matt Waller, and my family.  What I liked seeing most was the elephants.  Mr. Matt kept getting them irritated while we were sitting on top of the car, it was scary so we yelled "Go!  Go!  Go!" but he didn't go until the elephants didn't care anymore and went away.   My pictures show me on top of the car with elephants in the background and an elephant reaching up into a tree to get some leaves to eat.  

After the safari we went to a waterfall.  It was cool.  There was a waterfall that my mom jumped off of a rock near it.  We got to swim in the water and we found little rocks that we claimed and played neighborhood.  There was one rock that I claimed that looked like a Little Mermaid rock and we used it as a slide and slid into the water.  It was hard to get from rock to rock because there are so many rocks in the part where I can touch, which is the only place I go.  You cannot swim in that part.  The rocks are hot where they are out of the water and slippery where they are in the water!  The End.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Maddie,

It sounds like you had so much fun! I would have been a little scared of the elephants, too! It sounds like the swimming at the waterfall with the rocks was a lot of fun! I love you!

Love,
Ms. Becky

Anonymous said...

Hey Maddie!!! Your safari sounds like so much fun!!! I'm so glad you had a good time!! I can't believe you were so close to those elephants!! I'm glad you have a blog so that I can read about what you are doing in Africa! I miss you!! I am glad I will get to see you soon!
Love,
Mary Ellen =)

Anonymous said...

Hey Maddie,
Hi how's Africa. Sounds like you're having a little to much fun. Only joking. Was your Safari really cool? Did you learn a lot about the animals and environment they live in? You may not but that's okay, nobody knows everything. So you saw real live elephants in their natural habitat...I am so jealous. I love elephants. Oh yeah did you love swimming in the shallow parts of the waterfall water. That's sounds like way to much fun. Can't wait to see you back in New Haven.

Lots of Love
Rachael

Dj said...

The whole class MISSES you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!