Not work-related, but a highlight from last year, our trip to Zimbabwe. A wonderful vacation with my family. We spent time at both Victoria Falls and Lake Kariba.
So many memories, but I’ll share one with you. Early one morning as we were leaving the town of Kariba, traffic slowed to a crawl coming down the hill. The road was partially blocked by a small herd of elephants walking down the road.
For those of you who had to trudge to school through the snow, uphill both ways, I can assure you that elephants blocking the road is way cooler.
Anyway, as we maneuvered past the elephants it was pretty obvious that the traffic was agitating them and one of the elephants trumpeted loudly. I’ve heard that often on TV and in movies, but there is very little that compares to hearing it up close in real life. So amazing.
The call of an African fish eagle, very similar to that of the American bald eagle, has always, to my mind, been the cry of Africa. To that l can now add the trumpeting of an elephant.
