Chobe National Park

We're spending my half birthday in Chobe National Park, Botswana. This morning we went for a three hour game drive in the park. for the first hour or so we froze our butts off and saw nothing but two kudu. It was still dark and at least we had a big beautiful full moon behind the acacia trees. then we turned and the driver forced the Range Rover up a sandy hill and out of the brush rose two giraffes. From then on we were seeing animals-tons of impala with their companion baboons, maybe six elephants and two or three more giraffes. Of course we were all thinking, "It's great to see animals, but it would be awesome to see some lions..." Then on our way back, as if on cue, we ran right into a lion jam. There were two lionesses with their three cubs outlined in gold against the rising sun. The Chobe River spread out behind them with hippos fighting in the distance. It was the perfect ending to the game drive. We camped at the Thebe River Safari Camp two nights.