Made it to Kenya: View from Acacia Camp

Acacia Camp Dining Room

Friendly Eland

Baseball4Africa season 10 has started here in Kenya. Jim, Jack, and I spent the first day at a quaint hideaway on the edge of the African savanna wildlands called Acacia Camp. Accommodations were rustic, highlighted by ants covering the toilet, but the meals were plentiful, and animals strolled through the grounds. We dove into the 400lbs of baseball equipment brought by the three of us and divide it up so each new team would have a full bag of equipment. It always amazes me to see how much equipment is needed for this sport; helmets, bats, balls, gloves, uniforms, and catchers gear. We also had to piece together the dismantled trophies which proved difficult at first. We also took a couple of nice long walks into the savanna to see some of the local wildlife. The usual suspects of zebras, giraffes, wildebeest, a gazelles all made appearances as well as a rare sighting on foot of fringe-eared oryxs and some skittish wart hogs.

I was quickly reminded of a few things being here in Kenya; first of all the sun is very, very large when it rises and sets. It must be something with being near the equator and the angle of the atmosphere. Second, I was reminded how amazing the bird life is here. I awoke to the sounds of birds right outside my window. There were birds of all colors and sounds. If you aren’t a birder before you come to Africa you will quickly become one here.