Elephants and power outage

Yesterday was a great day here at Game Lodge. We had two of the Big 5 visiting us! 

First a big elephant came to drink at our small dam. He was followed by two smaller elephants. 

While the smaller elephants walked away the big elephant stayed in our riverbed to eat. 

He walked up the path leading to our small gate and I could make a nice picture of him standing right in front of the gate. 

While browsing he walked along the fence almost to our house before turning back. 

In the meantime there were elephants at the other side of the lodge at our big dam and a buffalo came grazing at the small dam.

While the elephants moved on the buffalo stayed around and spend the hottest time of day in the mud at our small dam.

Then we heard branches breaking from the side of the bush camp. The elephants were still around and were now on this side in the riverbed. While eating the came close to the bridge before turning back.

The whole show had lasted most of the day and we enjoyed it very much!

Around 4 the power went off. It was still off when it started to get dark so we collected candles and lit them. The kids enjoyed playing games and telling stories by candlelight.
At 7 suddenly the light went on again. It was a nice ending of a beautiful day.

Regards from the bush
Miriam