Lion!!!

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CLAIRE: I shudder at the thought that you have not heard anything about the amazing lion experience in Ngorongoro Crater! Well, here’s the story. Silvester (our safari driver) got a message from a ranger that there were lions quiiite close to the road (all the roads here are rough dirt roads). We drove over to have a look, and sure enough, there was a male and female lion just a few feet from the road! The female was standing up and the male was sleeping farther off. Then the male sat up and we saw his face–he was SOOOOOO handsome!! I just wanted to go up and stroke his mane (but in a way I didn’t want to)!. Right when I thought that was just about the best thing that could ever happen, the female stood up and started walking straight towards are car! The safari land rover has an open top so we can stand up in the open air to see the animals, and she came so close, we could just reach out and pet her (but we had enough sense not to)!!!! It was AMAZING!!! When she got to the other side of the road, she flopped down a little ways from the road, and fell asleep. Then the male lifted his handsome body and followed, taking long strides (if you’ve ever seen “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” movie, this lion is like Aslan in real form). He came just as close to us as the female, then flopped down quite close on the other side of the road. That was the Lion Experience!!!!!

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