Africa 2013 - Kenya & Tanzania

First day fresh 

Gin and Tonic Sun-Downers

Firing up the balloon at 4:30am

Ready for lift off!

Keep your arms and legs inside the basket at all times

Watching all the animals wake up

Leader of the pack

Wildebeast - population 2.5 million

Waiting in Terminal A for our plane

Edwin leading our safari trip

Wildebeast crossing over the Masai Mara river

Bill, my travel-husband!  Isn't he a looker??

Territorial hippos

On the border of Kenya and Tanzania - note headbands and fingerless gloves. Essential for traveling!

Three cheetah brothers feasting on their dinner

Hannah, Bill's niece, on our sun-downers safari  

The cheetah brothers walking off into the sunset after their feast

Roughing it at Lamala Camp in the Serengeti

Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania where traces early man are found

Windy day at the Ngorongoro Crater

Dickson Sr. & Dickson Jr. our guides in Masai Mara

Enamored with the polka-dotted tails!

Masai Goddess

Masai Mara men jumping and dancing for us

Masai woman who got me to dance with her

Watching the elephants cross!

Lynne Goldman Elements

We have worked with Lynne Goldman Studio for almost 7 years now and they are an amazing store!! They have just moved to a beautiful new location in Charlottesville, VA and we are so excited for their new space.  They do fabulously with the Chiffon Wraps and Shimmer Wraps as you can see them hanging beautifully!  Thanks, Lynne & Steve

Rhoda!

Caron aka Rhoda flirting with Officer Olsen at the Solstice Parade!

Summer Solstice!

Santa Barbara's Annual Summer Solstice!  Including our pre-parade and after party!  Enjoy the photos - xo Rhoda

Horseback Riding Tuscany

If anyone is interested in the location we stayed in Tuscany, it was the Rendola Riding Center.  Our wonderful host Jenny Bawtree and her horse, Silver, guided us through the beautiful countryside.  See below for address, website and Facebook info!

AGRITURISMO RENDOLA RIDING
Centro di equitazione di campagna

affiliato ENGEA

Country guest house and riding centre

Via della Fonte 45
Rendola Valdarno

52025 Montevarchi (Ar)
tel +39 055 9707045
http://www.rendolariding.it

BLOG AND FACEBOOK

https://ridingintuscany.wordpress.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ridingintuscany

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooking-in-Tuscany/180489875358160

Caught in the act!

Look what Bootsie was doing while Momma was on vacation!  Naughty girl!

Florence, Tuscany, and Rome

Giddy Up!!  I just returned from an amazing trip in Italy!  This time I brought my husband and my travel husband!  We mixed horseback riding and touring, visiting Florence, went all over Tuscany, and finished off in Rome. We ate pasta, pasta, and more pasta!  The food and people were amazing.  I wore a different Single Silk Scarf every day on the horse - it was such a great travel piece!  They all washed and ironed out great. Here are some photos of the trip.  Hope you enjoy!

 Picnic in the park overlooking Florence

 View in Florence

 How do you like my new glasses? Lime green of course!

 Doug & I in Florence

 Cowboy Bill Otto & I

 My secret to mounting a horse!

 Tuscan Villa where we stayed

Our beautiful Tuscan Villa

 My horse Neroni and I

 Beautiful Tuscan town with a waterfall running through it

 Letting my horse be naughty!

 Doug & I in Rome

My fabulous Italy purchases!