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Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, August 21, 1975
Nyssa Couple Shares African Safari Tour
The folkiwing is an article
taken from the Washington
Post and was written by Mrs
Carolyn Miller who free
lances from New York Mrs.
Miller and her husband were
members of thia safari last
December as were Mr. and
Mrs. Dirk DeBoer of Nyssa.
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"THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH DAY
plains kioked like a primitive tapestry of the
Garden of Eden, covered by tiny figures of
elephants, zebras, wildebeests, gazelles,
buffaloes and impalas."
were the game runs. We were stupefied by
the enormous concentrations of the herd
animals. Sometimes, from a height, the
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Then we aet out on a king
dusty dnve to the day’s Anal
destination. Returning late in
the afternoon, there was still
time for a welcomed swim in
the pool. Then we showered,
had cocktails on an outdoor
terrace and enjoyed a lavish.
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Beginning September IS,
the D-Day chapter will be the
single organization autho
rized by an act of Congress
to sponsor a Revolution Bi
centennial Drive in the area.
It was the morning of our
big safari, the highlight of
our East African trip. In a few
minutes we would be leaving
the security of our modern
hotel room in Nairobi and
heading out into the bush.
On safari we'd visit some
of the most remote corners of
Kenya and Tanzania, where,
in isolated wilderness, we
could watch and photograph
the game we'd come so far to
see; during most of the trip
wild animals would be
infinitely more numerous
than humans.
We'd be far from hos
pitals. gas stations and water
faucets, following pitted dirt
tracks across vast eipanses
of plain. For nine days my
husband and I would be
trusting our lives to a tour
firm We reached the rendez
vous spot in front of the hotel
shortly before the appointed
time.
Our
micro
bus already was parked by
the curb, along with two
other vehicles from the
Nilestar company; we would
be going in a three-bus
caravan, sis pasengers to a
vehicle.
Approaching our bus, I
could see a young couple
about our age and an elderly
couple. The man appeared to
be more than HO years old.
Soon we were joined by our
driver. Peter Kinyolo. a
quiet, competent man.
Peter drove us smoothly
through the rural outskirts of
the city as we headed for the
Masai Mara game reserve,
reputed to tie one of the best
regions in Kenya to see the
plains animals.
The younger couple. Dirk
and Nancy DeBoer, owned a
farm in Nyssa. Oregon The
older couple. Dr and Mrs. G.
W. Burgess, told us they
were from Twin Falls. Idaho
Despite- a certain stiffness,
everyone seemed pleasant
and determined to make our
trip go smoothly.
We were passing through a
flat, dry landscape dotted by
occasional thorn trees when
suddenly Peter pointed exci-
tedly through the window.
He had spotted the first game
of our safari, an odd-looking
antekipe with a sloping back
and inwardly curling horns.
Peter esplained it was a
hartebeest.
Outside the window the
terrain was empty of farms
and villages. The rest of our
caravan was nowhere in
sight, and we rarely saw any
vehicles. Bv now we were on
a rough unpaved
road.
Occasionally, in the distance,
we would glimpse a tall,
elegant warrior of the Masai
tribe, draped in an orange
cloak and carrying a shield
and spear.
After several hours all
three buses converged near a
grove of thorn trees for a
picnic lunch. As we hungrily
attacked our food, two
There were often sur
privet. like coming upon a
tranquil waterhole and sud
denly realizing it was filled
with 2H bathing hippos
The most crucial element
in any safari ia the driver
guide. and here we were
especially fortunate. Peter
took excellent care of us.
Keen-eyed and sensitive, he
spotted a staggering variety
of animals and helped us
appreciate them. All the faint
dusty tracks of the game
parks were intimately fami
liar to him. and he waa
fearless in roaring across the
unmarked plains in pursuit of
game. He was equally
competent when it came to
dealing with the bureaucrats
at the border crossings. After
sis days Peter was relieved
by another highly capable
African. Godfrey Njubi
Gradually. It became ap
parent that we were gaining
something from the
tour
besides convenience and
financial savings
Without
our bus mates. It would have
been a lesser experience.
This dawned on me at the
Ngorongoro Crater One day
when we were nding along
the bottom of the huge
crater, we noticed a com-
motion in a cluster of thorn
trees Approaching, we saw
the limbs were crowded with
barking baboons
Beneath
the trees was a pride of lions
Evidently the lions had come
upon the baboons as they
were grazing in the grass.
Feeling hungry, they decided
that a baboon or two would
make a tasty hors d' oeuvre.
The baboons had fled tn the
safety of the trees, and now,
shaking their fists and
stamping their feet, they
seemed to be cursing the
lams in no uncertain terms.
It was uncannily human
the way they united against
the powerful predators Som»
thing about their pronounced
community spirit made me
think of our tour group.
Despite all our differrnors,
we had become united during
this intensely rigorous tnp.
As we left the crater. I felt a
new appreciaton and warmth
for my companions.
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other veterans with legal and
health problems.
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European-style dinner. Cof
fee was served by a roaring
fire, for the nights were
chilly.
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August 23.
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slender, bejeweled Masai
youths silently appeared.
Gracefully they leaned on
their spears and curiously
watched us eat. It was a
peculiar sensation to be the
observed rather than the
observer.
During the afternoon’s
drive we again became the
watchers, It seemed as if
every ten minutes we en-
countered a new species—wi
ldebeest, topi, zebra, vul
tures, giraffes.
Each time
Peter would yank on the
brakes, and there would be
an escited flurry of picture
taking.
In the middle of the
afternoon we passed through
the gates of the Masai Mara
game reserve. Only minutes
later, we came upon a
stunning sight—a pride id
ten lions that had just killed
an enormous water buffaki.
While the lionesses panted in
the shade, two male cubs
were clumsily trying to tear
at the meat The bus circled
the scene while we took
pictures.
At one point we went about
ten feet from a young lioness
But the animals seemed
indifferent to our presence—
the gas fumes covered our
scent Peter warned us that
we could be killed instantly if
we stepped outside. Careless
tourists have been attacked
not only by lions but by
leopards, rhinos, buffakics
and elephants. It takes
cspcnence to know how to
approach wdd animals, even
in a vehicle.
The nest day we folkiwed
the brisk schedule that was to
be fairly typical of our safari.
At 6am.. we were awakened
by a waiter bearing a tray of
tea and coffee, which we
sipped while dressing By
6:30 we were on the bus.
starting our first game run of
the day Several hours later
we returned to the lodge for
an enormous breakfast Aften
wards
was another game
run. folkiwed by lunch.
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