It’s a long way to Tipperary

Transition day today. We did one last gasp visit to Etosha because we could and because there were giraffes to be seen… and elephants (a white elephant!) and then then coup de etat! The little dik dik. What is this? (Libby knows!). The smallest antelope. This little cutie is basically the size of a cat, legs look like pencils and these little pointy horns on the males. Bryce was pretty much cooing….note in the image of the elephant the burn... there is a fairly large wildfire in Etosha, a slow smolder in sole places and just black and ashy in others.

A drive south over paved roads (a treat!) past one of Namibia’s only lakes—-look for Jim’s Instagram posts for the details but suffice it to say that this lake Otjikoto formed from a karst cave that collapsed a very long time ago, and is between 100-150 meters deep. While an interesting geological feature, the other detail is that when the German Schutz Truppen were retreating in 1915, they jettisoned cannons, Gattling guns and a large number of wagons full of ammunition into the lake to prevent the South African and British forces from getting them. Much but not all was recovered and remains down deep. Naturally there was an earth cache there.

Now we are in Waterberg, where we expect to see dinosaur prints and cheetahs. Photos to come!