 I took two cameras to record this experience and very fast film (1600 speed). |
 The view from where we are watching the gorillas. Beautiful! |
 Our group, observing the gorillas. That's Tom in the white shirt, the couple furthest from me were married, and the other man was their tour guide throughout Uganda (he got Jeff's slot to see the gorillas). |
 Our guide is to the right, and an Ugandan university student is to the left. It's his job to record precisely everything the gorillas did for the entire hour. |
 The trackers did an incredible job clearing the paths for us -- using their machetes to hack through impossible-looking tangles of branches, leaves, ferns, and wicked stinging nettles. It's important to wear long pants and very sturdy hiking boats. |
 "Hey dad, where are you going?!" Uganda seems to have great pride and scholarly interest in its gorillas. Gone are the days of indiscriminate poaching and trapping. |
 We were told that if we were ever charged to crouch down and don't make eye contact. It rarely happens, though! |
 It's still hard for me to absorb the magnitude of this experience of sitting among these gentle creatures. I'm very blessed. |
 At exactly one hour, the mother came over, picked the baby up, swung him onto her back, and walked into the jungle so we were unable to see them any more. It's like she knew our time was up, and that was it -- like it or not! |
 Our group. We have all sweated through our clothes. But it was truly worth the work! The schools in the background were built with some of the money we paid to track the gorillas. |
 This is David, my lifesaver. He literally pulled me up the mountain! He was such a blessing. I tipped him so well that I must of paid for his family's food for a week!! |
 This picture was sent to us by Linda. We met her at the Volcanoes Camp, and she had just hiked the gorillas. This is her best baby gorilla picture. Isn't it so cute?! |
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