The long wait...2 day safari!

Today we started our 2 day safari...we had planned to go to lake Manyara today but at 10am heavy rains caused a flood to wash out part of the road and swept away 1/2 of the bridge. This bridge is the ONLY way into the game park and to our lodge. So instead we went to lake Tangarie instead while the army built a temporary bridge over the river. Thankfully we still had so much fun and saw a pride of lions (no males), tons of elephants with their young, impalas, water bucks, cape buffalos, created cranes, wart hogs, and circling vultures. After waiting till 8:30pm we were finally able to cross on a make shift bridge/road through a shallow riverbed....it was an adventure to say the least and HOT! But despite the long day and lots of waiting (thankfully we packed snacks) we enjoyed seeing all the animals and the beautiful views. At 10pm we finally arrived at our hotel which is at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater it was breathtaking!!! !! Tomorrow we have breakfast at 6am and then are off for a game drive. We are all hoping and praying they have fixed the bridge so we can get back for our flight tomorrow night!!! Everyone has been such troopers!!!!