The trip there:
The road to Kurungu meant crossing a number of dry river beds.   Some were dryer than others. This one was a bit damp.	There were also a few hills to climb. Some were rocky, some were muddy.	Another dry river bed, dryer than the first.  The car is the Middletons', with a trailer load of supplies.  They make the 2 day drive (550 km) to Nairobi about every 2 months.
Sunset in Maralal, where we stayed on the way up to Kurungu.	Yep, there's a Hard Rock Cafe even in the African bush.  We had dinner and breakfast here.	Heading out of Maralal.
Fellow travelers on the road between Maralal and Kurungu.  We saw LOTS of camels on this trip.

Around Kurungu
The people of Coros gather for a church service.  The service involves singing, prayer, and telling of Bible stories.  The Samburu have an oral storytelling tradition, so telling of Bible stories is an effective way to reach them.	The men of Coros (a village near Kurungu) attending the church service Walt (blue shirt, on right) and Rick (with baseball cap on) set up.	The ladies during church at Coros. The man standing is leading the service.	The Maples bring water to the people at Coros, and distribute it after the church service.  Otherwise the women would have to walk about 10 km (each way) to get water.
Welding roof trusses for the Samburu sports center in Sout Horr.  Stackwell (a Samburu) runs the center. We were building a garden center for him.	The garden center.  The Samburu are semi-nomadic herders, who don't farm.  This facility's purpose (when fiished) will be to teach those who want to learn.  The local Samburu came up with the idea, so the missionaries helped put it together.	Hiking to Cosicosi.  Cosicosi is a site on the mountains to the west of Kurungu where the Samburu go  to sacrifice to Ngai (their word for God).  We went there to see it, and to pray that the Samburu know Ngai as the Father of Jesus.	Jay and Reika on the way up to Cosicosi.  Reika is one of the Samburu who work for the Middletons and the Maples.  Along with doing work around the houses, Reika helps them with cultural issues and church issues and how to help disciple the Samburu without forcng western culture on them.
Reika.
We went to Loingelani, near Lake Turkana one day to get makuti (roof thatching) for some storage buildings for the Middletons and Maples.	A small manyata for some fishermen on the shore of Lake Turkana.  Loingelani is the nearest town, and it's another 25 km from here.	Entering Loingelani.  Note the cell phone tower.  An odd mix.
The Road Home
We had rain from Maralal to Nairobi on the way home.  Rain does very unfortunate things to the roads in outback Africa.	It took us 6 hours to go the 100 or so kilometers between Maralal and Nyahururu.  We left Maralal around 1:30 and got into Nyahururu around 7:30.  We did manage to get off the dirt (at Rumuruti) just before dark.	A brief roadblock on the way to Nyahururu.  A bit more fun than the usual police check point.