[DIGEST] Let's monkey around a bit...

Does that sound dumb? I can't tell.

Happy July! Can you believe the year is half over? I know just writing that sent me into a bit of an existential crisis. Ahhh!

It’s bananas, but animal pictures can help, right? I hope so, because here are some cute pictures of animals from my safari.

These all come from Tarengire National Park, the first stop on our safari after departing from Arusha. It is renowned for their elephants, but we saw so many amazing things there I didn’t even include elephants this week. Next week, though, will be elephant heavy.

If you want to share how you are doing this week, then there are two ways to interact with this post.

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I inched up a little this week to a 2.5. I’ve been on Malarone for malaria prevention and I just got off of it Wednesday. It’s been wreaking havoc on my m…