I love to camp, and Lake Naivasha is my favourite place. Lake Naivasha is only about two and a half hours away from where we live, and is a short yet beautiful drive. Driving there we got to see lots of Acacia trees, Zebras (my Favourite), Giraffes, antelope, gazelle, and some others I forgot. I didn't get a picture of it, but I saw many road signs like: Zebra crossing, Giraffe crossing, or dangerous animals.:-)I thought that was funny.:-)
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| Lake Naivasha with the camp sight in the background |
We got there Monday evening, and ,quickly, set up tent before dark.(Yes, our tent is big enough to fit all seven of us.:-) It's a cabin tent.)
That night we were "true campers" and roasted hot dogs and marsh mellows over the fire, but the rest of the meals we ate at the restaurant, on the camp sight.:-)
For breakfast,on Tuesday,I had two French toast with bacon strips ,and syrup on top. I enjoyed it heartily.:-) Afterwards I joined my brothers in fishing, and I think I caught like twelve fish. They were not the huge fish that I would brag about, but hey, I caught them.:-) Dad says I have a very, unique way of catching fish ,for I hooked the fish on the back, one on the eye, and another just above the mouth.:-) The poor fish were probably quite mad at me. Oh, and I have to tell you what we used for bait, Cray fish. We would catch the Cray fish live ,and Taylor or someone else (I couldn't bring myself to do it:-) would twist the bottoms off, so we could put it on our hooks. Taylor got quite a few pinches from those angry, little Cray fish.:-)
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| Suzy helping with the Cray fish |
Later in the day we went for a game drive around Crater Lake, and that is where you see the pictures from Crater Lake. There weren't many animals ,but we did see a few Flamingos. We hiked up to a high viewpoint and got a great view of the lake and it's surroundings. Zach had to walk down the hill bare foot because his slippers broke on the way up :-0 Actually he wasn't walking down he was hopping down, because the stones were so hot from the sun.
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| at Crater Lake |
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| Crater Lake |
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| Mr. Baboon |
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| Flamingoes |
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| A huge dust devil we saw from the viewpoint |
Wednesday we made our trip back home, and ended our exciting trip.
By - Ashlyn Elaine
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| Where we stopped for lunch on our way home |
(I hope you guys like pictures because I put on lots!:-)
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ReplyDelete(I found a typo and resubmitted it) here: I enjoyed reading about your camping trip, Ashlyn. And your pictures were so clear! My 11th and 12th graders recently read a story that mentions acacia trees ("The Garden Party"--which most likely occurs in Australia). The acacia's not the most familiar kind of tree to Wisconsinites. Do the Acacia trees near you have thorns?
DeleteThere are several different kinds of acacias here ,but they do have thorns. I'm glad you liked the pictures. :-)
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Looking forward to joining you on a trip like this soon!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited about going again and with you guys this time. ;-)
DeleteSuch a beautiful camping place!! I love camping. :) I found your blog recently and am thoroughly enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoy, Michelle. :-)
DeleteHow fun. You have the best "zoo" around. Beautiful scenery!! Looks like you all had fun fishing. Please tell me you were not eating the crawfish?! just bait? Anyway, I would like to see the crossing signs. We have one around here and it says "turtle crossing" no kidding!! :) Thanks for sharing your pictures. I love them :) Have a beautiful day. Praying for you and your family!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I shouldn't tell you but we did have some Cray fish. :-)
DeleteI wanted to see if they tasted like shrimp.:-)
We sure enjoyed our time camping there with you all last year! Looking forward to next time we can join!! Did Taylor try squirting the monkeys with his squirt-gun again?
ReplyDeleteNo, he didn't. :-)
DeleteI'd love to go camping with you guys again! :-)