Equator Trip

This is a group of missionaries we took to the equator. It's the last trip the missionaries take before leaving our mission(No we're not leaving). We watched the swirl demonstration. Yup it works. The water drains counter clockwise(anti-clockwise) in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern.

Crocs By Cracky

Visited a croccodile farm. This is Romeo. He is HUGE. Sorry the picture is so bad. This is one croc I don't think even Steve Erwin would jump on.

Lots 'O' Crocks

These are the little crocs; approximately 1 to 3 years old. Nasty little creatures.

Kitchen

As you can see, the kitchen is quite large. Microwave, fairly large refrigerator, double sink, hot and cold water, well lighted. What more can we ask?

Living Room

This is our living room. Very nicely furnished and roomy. This is why I don't like people in my pictures. It's also why I try to keep the camera away from Sister Beachley.

Girls' Outing

This is a sight we see all over Uganda. Sister Beachley wants to have some sisters show her how to do this. It has to be great for posture.

Green Mamba

Here it is. Our first Green Mamba. The terror of Uganda. "Small", you say? Well it is only a baby; about 14 inches long. But long enough to scare the heck out of us.

Spring Rolls

This is our first attempt making spring rolls. Made from scratch; carrots, cabbage, peppers, and onions. The dough was pretty tough to get as thin as it should be but they were very good. It's surprising how resourceful one can get.

Had to add this one. Hey, the butterflys are beautiful. A strange thing though, we found that the buterflys are all green, all yellow or all white. Very strange.

This is a view of the Nile from our lodge room. Beautiful country; just like the movies.

Yup, this is the actual Nile and we were really this close. One of many awesome sights.

Sunrise? Sunset? You decide.

This was kinda pushin' it. Check out those tusks.

These really are much bigger when twenty feet away and with no protection.

Who says Elder Beachley is a-social? Look how quickly he makes friends with other species!

Animals? Yeah, we saw animals. We counted over 200 girraffes. Close to that many elephants in numerous herds. Also, lions, cape buffalo, wart hogs, monitor lizards, a variety of deer, hippos, crocs etc. More pictures to come.

This is George Tafu, our guide. You may see his AK47. No, I don't think it's for show. Standing in the back of a pickup at 30 MPH we had a great gospel discussion. At the end of the day I asked him if I could get one of his safari patches. He said it wasn't possible as they are embroidered on the uniform. However, 30 minutes later he came to me with a jacket like his. He wanted to give it to me but I insisted on paying him for it.

The next day I asked the receptionist where I could find George and she asked which one. I didn't know his last name so she asked me to describe him. I said he was short and black. She laughed and responded, "Of course". Anyway we located him and I gave him a Book of Mormon.