Early Morning Grazing

This is the herd of Buffalo that the lion in yesterday's shot was near...such a peaceful scene in the early light of the day...

The Stare of The Lion

There was a large herd of Cape Buffalo near-by. We followed some lions hoping we could see them hunt the Buffalo, but the hunt never came. This female was checking things out in the high grass.

Africa Archive Number Four

Things are going well here in Papua. Had three great dives today. Tomorrow will be our last day of diving...boo hoo...We went to see the Mantas yesterday, but came up empty. We will give it another try tomorrow.

Here is another favorite Africa photo of mine of a Water Buck...

Africa Archive Number Three

It must be cool to be king of the jungle...these lions were just on a leisurely walk through the park...

Africa Archive Number Two

Another memorable experience in Africa...

This in Chobe National Park. There were tons of elephants, and this herd walked right in front of our safari jeep, and into the water to cross the river...

Bilbao Tree

This became my favorite tree in Africa...each one I saw seemed to have it's own personality...I can only imagine how old this one is...I wonder how many leopards have sat in its branches...

A Stroll By The Lake

I remember taking this photo a few years ago. It was the last photo of the day. There were two large male elephants cruising this little beach. After I took the photo, they both went over to the tree on the right, and shook it. I couldn't believe such a large tree could be shaken like that. Those elephants have amazing power.

An Elephant Walks Through Our Camp

We had just set up our camp site, and I had sat down to relax and read my book. A few minutes later, a large elephant appeared in the woods walking right towards our camp. The elephant walked right past us, rubbed his head against a tree, and then walked right through the camp site next to us forcing the people to jump into their cars. In the first photo, it is difficult to see how large the elephant really is...but in the second photo, you can see just how big that guy really was...whoa...what an experience!!

The Giraffe Looks

This was one of the biggest giraffe's I had ever seen...he was wandering alone along the river in Botswana...wow, what a sight to see...

Elephant Dives Into Mud

It's not something you see every day...an elephant head first into the mud. When we first saw this massive animal, I thought maybe it had died, but then we saw the elephant driving his head into the mud...maybe he had an itch?