Lake Naivasha

In August we took Dawn's mom and the whole family to Lake Naivasha for a weekend. Only 2 hours from Nairobi on nice roads, we stayed at a friends guest house that was beautiful. Ryan took Friday as vacation and we had a picnic on Crescent Island, hiked the Island, and headed to the guest house. Saturday we laid low at the guest house situated in a mature acacia forest and very quiet, not even cell phone coverage. Sunday we chartered a boat for an hour and saw the hippos before driving back to Nairobi.






After our picnic lunch, we went on a hike with a guide around Crescent Island. No cars allowed and we were the only ones on the Island. We got close to lots of wild life including gazelles, giraffes, hippos and zebras.


Picture after long hike on Crescent Island.


Kids getting "fitted" with life jackets.


We went on a one hour boat ride in search of Hippo's.



Hippo sightings from the boat.

Caleb's Birthday, August 7

 

For Caleb's 7th Birthday we took the kids and oma to a play center. Some of the grocery stores have play area's where parents can drop their kids off while they get groceries. We stayed with the kids and watched them have a blast. The area had tunnels and 4 or 5 stories of rubber platforms and mesh walls to crawl through. I had to crawl to the 2nd story and save Chloe. Also had slides and a pit full of little plastic balls. The kids had fun.