{"id":36,"date":"2008-09-10T21:27:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T02:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=36"},"modified":"2008-09-10T21:46:19","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T02:46:19","slug":"the-safari-was-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2008\/09\/the-safari-was-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"the safari was WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over our 29th anniversary August 25 our kids helped us go on a 2 day, one night safari to Fig Tree Camp in the Masai Mara.\u00a0 The Masai Mara is the northern extension of the Serengeti Plain, most of which is in Tanzania.\u00a0 Everything about the safari was wonderful: the camp, the service and meals, our safari guides and the views of the animals.\u00a0 The scope of the scenery is majestic and expansive, overwhelming.\u00a0 We hope that our photos convey a bit of the wonderful experience this was.\u00a0 THANK YOU Rachel &amp; Ryan, Carl and Sarah for your part in this wonderful gift!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/king-of-the-jungle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51\" title=\"king-of-the-jungle1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/king-of-the-jungle1-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/zebras-crop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52 alignleft\" title=\"zebras-crop1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/zebras-crop1-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/sunrise1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53 alignleft\" title=\"sunrise1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/sunrise1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see more safari pictures at these facebook links.<\/p>\n<p><span>Animal photos:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=57509&amp;l=f4e9a&amp;id=723734788<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lions:\u00a0 <span>http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=57508&amp;l=ccb8d&amp;id=723734788<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fig Tree Camp:\u00a0 <span>http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=57505&amp;l=5d2a9&amp;id=723734788<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/elephant-51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54\" title=\"elephant-51\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/elephant-51-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=36&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over our 29th anniversary August 25 our kids helped us go on a 2 day, one night safari to Fig Tree Camp in the Masai Mara.\u00a0 The Masai Mara is the northern extension of the Serengeti Plain, most of which is in Tanzania.\u00a0 Everything about the safari was wonderful: the camp, the service and meals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vacations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>the safari was WOW! 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