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Our jeep parked in the shade under a large and beautiful sausage tree at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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The impalas at the at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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The impalas at the at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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A family herd of elephants keeping cool in the muddy waters at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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A herd of elephants at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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Our game driver, Maison, stopping for us to catch a family herd of elephants keeping cool in the muddy waters at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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A family herd of elephants keeping cool in the muddy waters at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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Mama helping the baby elephant out of the mud at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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A lone male elephant in the distance at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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A close-up of the lone male elephant at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. (Oct. 24, 2024)

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Back at our Croc Valley campsite at the banks of the Luangwa River in Zambia for a nice afternoon of beer (in my case, a nice bottle of cold apple cider) and snacks with the vervet monkeys always keeping an eye on what we’re eating. They are quite adept at snatching food right out of our hands, as one did with me and a couple of others. (Oct. 24, 2024)