Day 13 - April 12 Mt Kenya played a central role on my first trip to Kenya. Partaking in an enthralling and genuinely gruelling 4-day hike, Melissa, Tim, myself, Apollo, Jack, and our mountain guides made it to the near summit of the mountain; Point Lenana, 5000 meters above sea level. That deserves its own narrative, but for now, you have to be content with a recounting of this trip's visit to the great mountain. Fresh off our Mara exploits, we slept in, happy to dry our gea

Day 7 - April 6 Finally a sleep in, and yet, no real rest for the wicked. By mid-afternoon, Tim's Nissan X-trail was loaded for two weeks of camping and rough roads ahead. We planned to make the trip southwest to the ever calling Massai Mara, and then northward to do a big loop from the Aberdares and Mt. Kenya to Samburu and Shaba, onward to Mt. Ololokwe, and then back south through Meru NP and home to Nairobi. After our coastal foray, it was too much to try for the Mara in a

Two old friends in need of a throwback to more simple times. That was the essence of our 25-day birding extravaganza through Kenya....