Last Friday I had the opportunity to drive a bus full of nationals up north for the day. Each year RVA tries to give back to its National Staff employees who work day in and day out to make what we do here possible. Usually this entails piling everyone in the busses and heading off to one of the game parks for the day to see some animals. Many nationals never get the opportunity to visit their own national parks or travel much outside their home area for that matter. This year however our staff requested to go to Lake Bogoria National Park. Not for wildlife though. In fact we saw more zebras, gazelles and antelopes and ostrich along the highway than we did in the park. Nope, they wanted to go to Lake Bogoria to boil eggs. Lake Bogoria is a spring fed lake. The springs are natural hot springs that bubble up through the volcanic soil and drain into the lake. Due to the high content of volcanic salts and minerals in the water the lake produces lots of algae, which in turn attracts the thousands upon thousands of flamingo that call Bogoria home. Most of the men and women I talked to had never been to Bogoria, but had always heard about the boiling water so hot you can boil an egg. Well, they were right. The water is hot, very hot and with 100+ staff members on 3 busses we had plenty of eggs. One of the men who works in our cafeteria gave me his explanation of the source of boiling water. "I think during creation, there was a kitchen down there. When he was done God forgot to put off the stove." As Steven, one of our custodians, and I stood there next to the springs staring at the crystal clear boiling water, waiting for his egg to finish he turned to me and summed up the experience, "We serve an amazing God."
Arriving at Lake Bogoria National Park.
Natural hot springs spilling down to the lake.
Admiring the wonder of creation.
Naturally boiling spring water .
(notice the egg in a bag at the bottom of the photo)
Happy to be off from work.
Boiling eggs in the springs.
Lake Bogoria is also known for its abundant population of Flamingos.
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