Oh Baobab, Baobab, Where You Be?

We had no set plans for the day we were spending in the Makhado area. Since we had a car and were so close to Musina and the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe, we decided to drive north and see where the day took us. All along the N1 (the toll road between the two towns) we counted baobab trees and tried to find our favorites. Oh the Baobab. They're beautiful. Stunning, actually, and, along with the Acacia Tree, many people associate them with Africa. According to an African legend, after creation each animal was given a tree to plant and the hyena planted the Baobab upside down. And then Rafiki, from The Lion King, made his home in a Baobab. Limpopo Province (what, what!) is home to one of the largest Baobabs on record... with it's average diameter being a whopping 50ft. (Thank you Wikipedia). And one more little fact, Baobabs store water (thousands and thousands of gallons) in their trunks to survive drought like conditions where they tend to be found.

Here's a Baobab about 45 minutes from Metz. See how much bigger it is in comparison to the tree on its right?

And here I am with My Schilling Stallions' shirt showing just how wide one of the bigger Baobabs we saw on our way to Musina was.