Elephants large and small

Yesterday, the 21st, we took another game drive in Kruger. We were in the park for 8 hours driving slowly on back roads and spotting all sorts of African critters even though the grass is tall, like six feet tall along the roads, and there is plenty of water everywhere. Still we are patting ourselves on the back because we are having amazing experiences and are almost always completely alone in the back country. Our most amazing experiences yesterday were with elephants particularly a large bull that we happened upon. He was grazing beside the road and we stopped to watch him. Apparently he decided to move on and came out onto the road - where we were. The photo of his head with ears flared was taken at the moment. But he did not cross the road, he came straight at us. The road was narrow and dirt so we decided that the best course of action was to back up. We did. Second photo is of him coming. It is a bit hazy because it was taken through the windshield, in haste. We backed for what seemed like ten minutes and he just kept coming. We talked about turning around and fleeing but it would have taken more time than we had considering how fast he was moving (not running but just a steady pace). FINALLY he turned off and began eating. Whew!! Looking back he was probably just moving on; he certainly wasn't agressive. But he was so much bigger than our little car and we didn't want to take any chances. Later in the day we found a good-sized herd of moms and their babies. I'll put up a photo of them crossing the road so you can get an idea of the size of the tiny one who also turned and acted like he might come toward us. We could have handled him.