Up Close and Personal with a GIRAFFE

Giraffe are weird animals.  Everything about them seems oddly proportioned - from the obviously long necks to the spindly legs to the giant eyes and tongues.  All of this appears even crazier when you're seeing them from a FOOT away and they are eating out of your hand!

This weekend, Jane and I got to have dinner with some of my good friends, the Thompsons, at an awesome hotel south of Nairobi called the Giraffe Manor.  This place feels like it's straight out of the British aristocracy, and it's most unique attractions are the giraffes that live on the property and join the guests whenever they feel like - even sticking their heads through the breakfast room windows in the mornings!  Before dinner, we hung out with an awesome giraffe named Helen, holding out food in our hands while the giraffe scooped it up with her long tongue.  It felt like feeding a horse, but then it raised its head wayyy up in the air and reminded us that no, this is NOT a horse!

What an awesome experience...only in Africa!  Thanks Donald and Brenda!