There were a few places on 'my list' that I wanted to try to visit while here in Kenya. One of these was Mount Longonot. This stratovolcano that last erupted hundreds of years ago makes for a beautiful and strenuous hike/climb. 

This past Friday I got to check Hike Mt. Longonot off the list. :) I went with the other two interns and had a wonderful time! 

We made it to the rim!!

In the above picture, the highest point you see it obviously the summit. It is a little over eight miles from the bottom, to the rim, round, and back down. Wow, did you catch all of that? :) Hopefully, but sufficient to say that is was truly a workout. In some places is was hands and knees only.

And did I mention that there wasn't a trace of a cloud to be seen? This is not a welcomed sight when your a muzungu (white person) and it takes five-ish hours to hike the complete trail. But oh well, it was totally worth it even if I did get the worst sunburn to date.

The view...

In the first picture below, if you look really close you can make out the hiking trail. It is the lighter color line across the top of the ridges. The second picture are those lighter color lines up close.

Here's were "I think I can, I think I can." kicked in. :)

But it was quite the reward when we reached the summit. And I'm totally ready to do it again. :)

WE DID IT!!!!

The view from the summit.

Now before you call me a liar because you see clouds in that picture, they did eventually come out but not for long. :) 

So as you can see it was a great day, but when we got done I was ready to see 'my' kids. I mean I hadn't seen them all day. :) Here are a few pictures that might explain why I can't help but love and miss these amazing kids even if I'm only away for several hours.