Hanging out with friends: celebrating Mashujaa (Heroes) Day, seeing orphaned baby elephants, and feeding giraffes

Linet, Derrick, and I had a wonderful time with Masudi, Essy, and baby Jason on Mashujaa Day (October 20th).

Essy's brother (on the left) also joined us, as we all celebrated the national holiday honoring Kenya's heroes.

Baby Jason is a delightful child and brings his parents much joy!

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Ben and Vera's family traveled from Kijabe to visit me for a couple of days. We had talked about the idea for a few years, but finally made it happen! We had such a good time together!

Ben, Vera, David, Dorothy, Debra, and Becky

People come from all over the world to see the orphaned elephants at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (founded in 1977).
Deb, Dorothy, and David (on the far left) eventually got to touch one of the elephants!

It never gets old seeing the orphaned elephants and hearing their stories of being rescued. 

It's a bit daunting at first, but eventually the kids became comfortable feeding the giraffe.
Giraffe Center (at Hardy, Kenya) has been rescuing and breeding endangered Rothschild giraffe since 1979.