Day 4 (Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls)

 7/3/22 - Last night I thought about some of the animals we've seen already.  Honestly, I've loved the experience so far, but some of the animals are assholes.  Not that I thought I could walk up and pet them, but some are very mean spirited, and the guides said they'd kill me.  That's not cool.  I miss Sparky.  I'm keeping an open mind.  

This morning we are off to Victoria Falls.  Blog Fact: Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders), is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe and is considered to be one of the world's largest waterfalls due to its width of 1,708 meters and height of 108 meters. 


Water Fall Pre-Game

  Some of us had their own pre-game falls....

...with the toilet paper roll


To see Victoria,  it's about a 2.5 mile loop to check her out.  Michael was our guide.  He told us he's been doing this for 22 years and every day is different.  Wow!


Michael guided us in and out of various view points.  Majestic.  Enormous. 

Very Wet.

We ran into a family of Baboons.  Baboons are playful with each other, but not so nice.  This one fully flashed me his package.

Looks Jewish 

Next Victoria stop was scenic point number 5, just for Bethie; I mean Wendy.  Or, you two fight it out.

Who's #5?

We all really could not get enough of Victoria.  She's beautiful.  



So beautiful that Brad, Wendy and I decided to get a little different perspective.  

Never been on a helicopter before.  Do I really need to duck?

Brad and I were in the back and Wendy was in the front with the pilot.  She had nerves of steel.  We thank Brad for being the instigator and making it the heli - happen.  Very cool....

Is there a movie on this flight?

Victoria from above.

After lunch, it was Safari time.  We got picked up by Hope around 2:30pm and he drove us to a wild animal park about 20 minutes from our hotel.  There, we'd spend 3+ hours seeking out lions and tigers and bears, oh fuck.
8 seater with Hope driving and looking for animals 

Hope was great.  He knew his way around the park.  It was huge, like 18 hecta acres.  Or something crazy. like that.  I don't know what a hecta acre is, but it's bigger than an acre, says Josh.  Before we got started, Hope took us to Toy's R Us.
Hi Jeffrey.

I realized I really like giraffes.  No matter what, they seem like they'd stick their neck out for you.  
Rhino's... not so much.   
Best zoo ever

More Rhino.  More Cowbell.


I also liked this animal a lot.  She's very nice and has major hops


Dearful.  Deary.  Dear Evan Hanson.


Here's Hope.  He told me that he has far outperformed his brother Hopeless.  The stud set us up for a picnic on the river with top shelf liquor and appetizers.  Are you kidding me?


"Hope Rocks"

Hope then found some lions handing out.  They seem very cocky.  Kinda like they own the fucking place.



Here Kitty, Kitty...




Scared the piss out of us...


After an amazing safari, Hope dropped us off at a nearby hotel were we all had a amazing dinner and reminisced about another epic day.  Thanks Fame.  Fun filled. New experiences.  Great memories...

And very, very wet. Family wet.


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