A day of recovery for some and a new adventure for others.

The Princess and I made a decision that we would not be going on our second day of gorilla tracking. Nate and Sandy would. For those of you that do not know I struggle with altitude. I have been taking pills these last five days to prevent altitude sickness.

Yesterdays trek to me must be what a few hours of navy seal and army ranger physical training rolled into one feels like!Mud, rocks, bamboo, jungle and elevation rolled into one. To me it was the toughest physical test I have ever done. Over 18,500 steps and 1,500 feet all in of vertical climb. I woke up today with the legs burning and slept over 11 hours. I need a day to recover. Thank you Princess for taking care of me. That trek was not the walk around Boulder parkway I used to train for this trek!

The Princess and I had a nice breakfast and packed because we are leaving tomorrow. We hung around camp to hear of the Hyde’s adventure which I will share.

Nate and Sandy, also known as as clicker 1, wife 2 or Sundy, had a fabulous time. It was almost a six mile hike and they made it to almost 9,100 feet. I would have been road kill if I tried that. Nate had a picture of the verticle. Here it is.

There was no mud today but more than enough bamboo. Here they are hacking through the jungle.

They stopped for a break and clicker 1 took a moment to embrace visually the view.

I asked them to share some of the shots they took. Here are their favorites. Again I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Thank you Nate and Sandy for sharing.

They say that mountain gorillas have 98 percent of the DNA of humans. Here is proof from wife 2, Sandy.

You decide.

After lunch we went to the Dina Fossey museum. My pics.

The it was off to shopping.

During shopping I saw this.

When we got back we had to climb those stairs to our cabins. I was told that there are 186 steps. I would never get use to this.

After a nice cocktail hour and dinner, we all retreated to our rooms. We have a 515 am wake up. We are going to see the golden monkeys tomorrow before we start the long journey home.

One travel tip I have come up with and the Princess agrees. I know you want to see as much as you can when you travel but one down day to recharge your batteries is time well spent. I would encourage you to consider this if you are gone longer than two weeks.

On that note what the Africans say instead of good by. Until we meet again.