Our Last Couple of Days

11-17-15
We got up early at the camp to go out for a game drive.  Apparently lions are more active in the early morning than midday, but we didn't see any.  We saw some other animals and headed back for breakfast.  We left the camp before lunch and headed out of the park, but we took our sweet time doing that and saw more giraffes, zebras, hippos, antelope, dogs, birds, etc.
Ruaha park is such a fabulous place, that even though we were only there for about 24 hours, we saw more animals than Adam or I have probably ever seen, and it was so cool that we forgot what a terrible drive it was to get there.  I have never been on such a rutted road in all my life!  We joked about losing fillings and how we'll be shaking long after we got out of the car.  At one point near the exit of the park, Adam saw a sign that said "Iringa 117 km" and I think at least 50 of those kilometers had to be taken at about 10 mph or less or we would have been bounced right off the road.
We got back to Iringa at 430 and met up with Tom, Beth, and Julia for supper at Sai Villa just a couple blocks away.  I ordered Adam an ice cream for dessert since we hadn't had any ice cream since we left the States, and it was almost his birthday.  There's been no "day of the five ice creams" here in Tanzania like we do in Sweden!  :)
We went back to the Lutheran Center for the night after supper and I know I was exhausted!

11-18-15
We got to sleep in, which was great.  Today is a day of last minute shopping and packing.  We went to the Diocese to see a couple people, then walked to the markets off the main street because I've been looking for a conga.  I found two fairly easily, along with more gifts for people back home.  We stopped at Hasty Tasty for lunch with Michelle and headed back to Bo & Juli's to catch up on blogging (what a job that's been!) and to rest a bit before taking on the daunting task of stuffing everything into as few suitcases as possible.
In the evening, the Americans all had supper together at Bo & Juli's and we reminisced about the trip.
Now it's 6:30am on 11-19 (Happy birthday, Adam!) and I'm just going to post this quick before our driver comes to get us for the 10 hour drive to Dar.  We fly out tonight at midnight.  Whew!  What a trip!