Remember when it rained for four days straight a few weeks ago and I was worried that the rainy season had come early? Well that turned out not to be true. That was just an odd, mid-dry-season spurt. Those rains did turn all the grass bright green, but since then it has been pretty much dry for 3 weeks (which was good for my research productivity)... until yesterday!
Yesterday it rained lightly during early afternoon, but stopped soon enough for me to make it to my cattle bomas and retrieve my gps units. Just as I got back for dinner, though, the rain began again and didn't stop all night long. I woke up several times in the night, and each time, I could hear it was still raining outside. This morning, things looked very soggy so I decided to stay in and do computer work and wait for the sun to come out and dry up the roads. Unfortunately, the sun never appeared. It drizzled again for an hour or so mid-morning. Then stopped... but the clouds in the distance looked ominous during lunch. And sure enough, as I sit here writing after lunch... the rain has begun again. And this time it is quite heavy.
So I think the rains may have really begun this time... I have less than 2 weeks left of my research now. So I really hope the rain slows down and holds off enough for me to finish my work. Because measuring grass in the rain is nearly impossible.
Other things of note at the research center: this week has been very quiet. Daryll, Tom, plus Dan and the students all left last Friday (a week ago today). And then Esther (from the Max Planck institute in Germany who studies chimpanzees) left on Wednesday. So now it is just me, Mark & Jannine (the new housing estate managers that have been here since Nov)... and a somewhat awkward young German guy who is driving us a little nuts. When this place was full, I wished it was quieter. But now I am wishing some more people (non-awkward, nice people) would show up!
Also, for those who haven't seen them yet, I have been sharing some of my photos with Ol Pejeta's marketing person to use for promotional purposes. So look for some of my photos already on the Ol Pejeta facebook page, and more to come!
After all that text, here are a few photos. These were taken during the early morning game drive with Tom and Daryll a couple weeks ago. I was so excited about the cheetah cub photos from that day, that I forgot all about the many other photos I took that morning as well. Here are a few
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