First Goodbyes

Have I surprised you all with such a quick update? Apologies in advance however as there are no pictures. It took me about 20 minutes to even get this far so I can't be bothered to wait for the pictures too!!

Wednesday: A morning with the elephants which I have to say has become my favourite way to spend the first part of the day. We did some training with Mac and then the delightful duty of mucking out the pens!! Never again shall I complain about mucking out a horse, the droppings are about the size of my head!
The day became incredibly hot so after breakfast we cleared some weeds from the new fence but not for long because of the heat - I think we were all about to collapse! Our last task of the day was a game count round Castle Kopge. Like the snare sweep, we were all given a particular section to do on our own and just try and count any animals we see. Again, we were all a little scared of the snakes and sure enough Michael came running back saying he got incredibly close to a 2 metre python!

Today I went on my last ride :( but what a wonderful ride it was! We rode outside the game park to find Sable. Judy and I were riding through some gum trees and all at once we saw Sable, Mpala, Kudu, Wilderbeast and monkey - wow they were close! So I ended my horse riding period on a huge high, and yes, yet again, a few tears as I waved Ziggy goodbye. Yes I would bring her home despite her occasional stubbornness and bucking, but what do you expect from a grey mare?!   I've got to say it's been a pleasure riding with Judy Travers. She is such an inspirational, kind-hearted and passionate person and it's been such a delight to ride with her and hear all the fascinating, bizarre, sad, and hilarious stories of her time here! I can guarantee I'll share them all with you when I come back home :)
For the rest of the day we did some rhino research with the added hope that they would have a swim and mud bath, but alas, it was too cold for the rhinos. I was all pumped up to sing "Mud mud glorious mud...". We then delivered salt around the park for the animals where we were also closely followed by a storm. We got back just in time for it to pour down along with some pretty impressive thunder and lightening!

Hope you are all well.

Note to Mum: Haven't heard much from my Mummy, drop me an email! You are missing me right??