Picture lifts and journaling reads: Two reasons provided the opportunity for me to realize the opportunity of my life. The death of my father provided the funds. Although there were many things on which this money could have been spent more wisely, my immediate decision was - GO TO AFRICA! Now, another motivation was the death of my good friend, Mike Targett. His death was a very traumatic experience, and hurt me more than I cared to admit.
Life is too short, and dreams don't last forever. The combined situations were more than enough.
I made a firm decision in January 1992 to go to KENYA! It was like a feeling of "relief". At the same time I was awe-struck with the fact - could this be possible? I could "touch" Kenya? The time had come and so the preparations began . . . MY KENYA SAFARI DREAM CAME TO LIFE!!!
Kenya and I are no strangers. In my heart we have been profoundly close for thirty years. I have held that culture, people, land and wildlife in awe for most of my life. I don't know why that feeling for Kenya is there, out of all the many African cultures, but it is. There has never been a desire to be anywhere else. I only think that this "feeling" has a power beyond myself. It's just there, period. By nature, I am not one to question a lot, so I have just accepted this strong intense feeling as one of destiny. Its not only the wildlife, its the physical earth, the people, and touching such incredible origins of mankind. I've just always felt Kenya - was me! The dream of being on Kenyan soil burned deep within me. No other place on earth created such intensity.
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