Guess what I did last night?
After arriving at Solio Ranch and spending the afternoon looking a wildlife and visiting the orphanage, Kevin asked me if I wanted to go with him as at about 7:30 pm 2 male and 1 female ostrich were arriving by truck to be added to the wonderful wildlife here. Of course I said yes. The plan was to meet the truck carrying the ostriches at the orphanage, release them and then head back for dinner. It had been raining here today and that was when this turned into a true African adventure!
As the truck rounded a corner it became hopelessly stuck in very sticky heavy mud called black cotton clay. Try as we might, we could not budge it. So, Kevin called his guys to get his tractor to come to pull it out. All looked like problem solved until the tractor died and would not start! His other tractor was more than an hour away! Well we just can’t leave it there. And worse, it looked like it might rain again. If that was to happen that truck was going nowhere. So we set a Toyota Landcruiser in low 4WD and prayed. After the chain pulling the truck broke (twice), we managed to get some traction and free the truck. I knew I was truly in Africa during all of this, not only because of everyone’s ingenuity in solving a problem with what was on hand and the fact during the whole time everyone was laughing and smiling. Everything sorts itself out in Africa!
Then off to the orphanage we went, were we put the ostriches in an enclosure where they will reside for the next two months while adapting to their new home. Then it was home for dinner, except instead of a nice 8:30 dinner we ate at midnight!
