Hello to all who made their way to this blogsite! I am honored that you found yourself bored enough to check out my blog, but my goal is to keep this exciting and interesting with mostly photos and limited text.

In case some of you are wondering what possessed me to pack a couple bags and head to a reserve (by myself) in South Africa for a year, let me give you a quick debrief.

1. I've always been obsessed with Africa, and animals.
2. I actually went to South Arica in 2011 for 3 weeks with a group called Ecolife (shout out to my Pride)
3. I just graduated with a degree in Animal Science from UVM
4. I found myself jobless, and also not thrilled about starting a big-girl life in America yet, which led me to remember numbers 1 and 2...
5. So I contacted the Chairman of Ecolife, and he was kind enough to give me the amazing opportunity in the form of a pretty rad adventure, of which I am about to embark upon

So what am I doing here? I will be staying in South Africa for the next ten months, working in the bush and participating in a research project which includes elephants and rhinos. For the first few months I will be staying in an apartment in the Mabalingwe Reserve in the Limpopo Province. After that I may move to another reserve. And that's about as much as I know at this point! The rest I (presumably) will be finding out as I go, which is part of the fun and excitement. 

Sorry for so much writing this time around, it will not be like that once I get there. I hope to post mostly pictures with the occasional crazy story. Also, please bear with me here because anyone who knows me should already be aware that I am NOT technologically inclined. The fact that I am even attempting to do this blog is pretty impressive for me. Check out that zebra print that outlines the homepage...I did that myself. And take a look at those links. I'm still proud. 

Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!