Home»All Albums & Groups»Kenya — Porini Lion in February, 2016»Porini Lion — Departing for the First Afternoon Game Drive

~ The extended thunder and lightning which accompanied the prolonged afternoon rainstorm was drama which shown in the clouds overhead after the storm was over. As others were headed out on a balloon ride the next morning, I was assigned to Derek and Meshak. An unshared vehicle on a game drive is the height of luxury. The vehicle forded several streams, spattering mud when tires spun. A Yellow-mantled Widowbird on a tall snag, a Greenshanks by a puddle and a Grey-headed Sparrow in the camp parking area were the initial sightings.