Safarigoers catch awesome sights at Namibia park
Lori Rackl: I never thought I'd play chicken with an elephant. But there I stood in an open-roofed safari jeep, square in the path of the world's largest land mammal. The thirsty, tusked behemoth was en route to water and we were in its way. All six of us in the jeep watched silently as it lumbered closer, stopping a few feet short of the vehicle.
Safarigoers catch awesome sights at Namibia park (11/19/08)Lori Rackl: I never thought I'd play chicken with an elephant. But there I stood in an open-roofed safari jeep, square in the path of the world's largest land mammal. The thirsty, tusked behemoth was en route to water and we were in its way. All six of us in the jeep watched silently as it lumbered closer, stopping a few feet short of the vehicle.
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