I've entitled this letter, leaving the Delta, but the first three pictures were taken as we came over the Okavango Delta at the beginning of our stay in Botswana and the last two as we were leaving, so you can see how much the water increased in just ten days.

Although it's much greener than the land south of the Delta, you can see there is very little permanent water.

There are a few large spots where there is water year round.  These are the saviors of the animals.

As we got more north in the Delta, there was a lot more water.  It just sort of grows--you don't see any flowing like a river.

What a difference as we fly away from Savuti ten days later!!  You'll have to take my word for it that the arrow points to a group of about ten elephants.  That's one of the exciting things about flying in the small planes--spotting animals on the ground.

Everything but the highest hummocks will be under water within three weeks.  There were more elephants bathing where the arrow points.

I'm quite pleased with these pictures which were taken with the little point and shoot camera through the dirty plane window.  The camera has a setting that has two little mountains as its symbol and the book said it was good for shots from airplanes.  It is!