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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  June 7, 20186:30 am| 25 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

Sorry for the mis-schedule, folks! I just had to move these up sooner, sorry AL!

Today, pictures from valued commenter Albatrossity.

I recently took the trip of a lifetime: a 10-day Tanzanian photo safari in Serengeti National Park and other national parks in that region. I have way too many pictures to process, but I have been through some of them, and thought I should share them with you guys. This first batch is from Tarangire National Park, south and west of Arusha and Mt. Kilimanjaro. It’s a beautiful country, and I was thrilled to be able to finally get there.

Tarangire NP

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

This park is known for its large Baobab trees, and for herds of elephants. Here are some of the trees in a gathering thunderstorm.

Who wold win, the eagle or the stork?

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

An African Fish Eagle trying to drive off a Saddle-billed Stork from a favorite fishing spot. The eagle took multiple passes at the stork, but when we left, both of them were still there.

Von der Deckens Hornbill

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

This park has many species of hornbills, and this is one of the more striking ones!

The eye of the elephant

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

No description needed

Giraffe and Red-billed Oxpecker

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

Lots of giraffes as well as elephants in this park, and many of them had their own oxpeckers

Female Black-faced Sandgrouse

Taken on 2018-05-14

Tarangire NP, Tanzania

I think that the patterns on the wing feathers of this bird wold make an excellent fabric…

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Taken on 2018-05-23

Tanzania

We were told that this is a “shy” mountain, usually covered in clouds. We got lucky, and one day she peeked above the clouds.

 

Thank you so much Albatrossity, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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25Comments

  1. 1.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    June 7, 2018 at 6:44 am

    Great pictures!

  2. 2.

    Rob

    June 7, 2018 at 6:48 am

    The stork & eagle photo is particularly stunning!

  3. 3.

    JPL

    June 7, 2018 at 6:55 am

    All the photos are amazing, and thank you for sharing them with us.

  4. 4.

    rikyrah

    June 7, 2018 at 6:56 am

    Those were beautiful ?

  5. 5.

    Schlemazel

    June 7, 2018 at 6:58 am

    WOW! What a trip, thanks for sharing

  6. 6.

    satby

    June 7, 2018 at 7:03 am

    Thanks Albatrossity! Great pics of what must have been a great trip!

  7. 7.

    debbie

    June 7, 2018 at 7:08 am

    What a beautiful floating mountain!

  8. 8.

    Quinerly

    June 7, 2018 at 7:16 am

    ?

  9. 9.

    Baud

    June 7, 2018 at 7:17 am

    You have a good eye.

  10. 10.

    arrieve

    June 7, 2018 at 7:31 am

    Great pictures! I love that oxpecker hanging out with the giraffe. And your birds are, as always, stunning.

  11. 11.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 7, 2018 at 8:17 am

    Nice pics.

  12. 12.

    Tarragon

    June 7, 2018 at 8:23 am

    Wow

  13. 13.

    MomSense

    June 7, 2018 at 8:48 am

    Amazing.

  14. 14.

    Elizabelle

    June 7, 2018 at 9:26 am

    Love the impending storm. Great photos.

  15. 15.

    Mr. Prosser

    June 7, 2018 at 9:46 am

    Thanks for these, they made my morning.

  16. 16.

    Citizen_X

    June 7, 2018 at 10:26 am

    Nice! About time we got some Africa pics. Especially loved the eagle vs. stork one.

  17. 17.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 7, 2018 at 10:27 am

    Just out of idle curiosity, where might one obtain their own oxpecker?

  18. 18.

    stinger

    June 7, 2018 at 11:03 am

    I love these pics, especially the elephant eye.

  19. 19.

    Mike R

    June 7, 2018 at 11:15 am

    Wonderful pictures, what a great trip it must have been.

  20. 20.

    J R in WV

    June 7, 2018 at 12:06 pm

    Just wow. Very good set in every way!

    Thanks!

  21. 21.

    Steve in the ATL

    June 7, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    Those are amazing! And you followed B-J protocol by including at least one bird pic.

  22. 22.

    Origuy

    June 7, 2018 at 12:58 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: You beat me to the joke.

  23. 23.

    Miss Bianca

    June 7, 2018 at 3:29 pm

    Wow, just wow.

  24. 24.

    Mary G

    June 7, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    So glad I came back to check for these! Gorgeous as always, Albatrossity. The action shot with the eagle and the beautiful stork is everything.

  25. 25.

    Albatrossity

    June 7, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    Thanks, all. Yes it was an amazing trip. Far too short, but that’s life, isn’t it? I’ve got a few more batches of pics to submit, and hopefully you can see more of these amazing creatures and an amazing country in the near future!

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