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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.ngm.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Trip Blog: Updates From the Field</title><subtitle type="html">Follow along on the adventure via reports from Pete's Pond and Africa as trip participants keep us in the loop. Stay in touch with the travelers by sending messages back to them. Community member, Julie Shepherd, is your lead correspondent from the field.

</subtitle><id>http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="4.0.30417.1769">Community Server</generator><updated>2007-05-01T16:29:00Z</updated><entry><title>Recent Photos from the Pondies</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/06/03/Recent-Photos-from-the-Pondies.aspx" /><id>/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/06/03/Recent-Photos-from-the-Pondies.aspx</id><published>2007-06-03T15:15:00Z</published><updated>2007-06-03T15:15:00Z</updated><content type="html">Hello Everyone,&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be sure to take a look at the recent photos from the Pete&amp;#39;s Pond Safari. Thanks, Pondies, for taking all of these wonderful pictures and sharing them with us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx"&gt;http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Keep &amp;#39;em coming!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Take care,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.ngm.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=123021" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>NGS WildCam Community Advisor</name><uri>http://forums.ngm.com/members/NGS-WildCam-Community-Advisor/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Safari Photos" scheme="http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/archive/tags/Safari+Photos/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>First Pictures of the Pondies Posted Today!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/18/First-Pictures-of-the-Pondies-Posted-Today_2100_.aspx" /><id>/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/18/First-Pictures-of-the-Pondies-Posted-Today_2100_.aspx</id><published>2007-05-18T17:57:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-18T17:57:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Hello Everyone, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Pondies have posted a few pictures form their time at Mashatu. Check them out. Safari Photos Highlights and Photos from TopBroomrider&amp;#39;s are new: &lt;a href="http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx"&gt;http://forums.ngm.com/photos/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be&amp;nbsp;sure to comment on these photos and send messages back to the Pondies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best, Lisa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.ngm.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=117055" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>NGS WildCam Community Advisor</name><uri>http://forums.ngm.com/members/NGS-WildCam-Community-Advisor/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Safari Photos" scheme="http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/archive/tags/Safari+Photos/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>First Dispatch from Julie and the Pondies</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/16/First-Dispatch-from-Julie-and-the-Pondies.aspx" /><id>/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/16/First-Dispatch-from-Julie-and-the-Pondies.aspx</id><published>2007-05-16T20:41:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-16T20:41:00Z</updated><content type="html">Here is our eagerly anticipated first dispatch from Julie and the Pondies:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.ngm.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=116206" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>LisaNGM</name><uri>http://forums.ngm.com/members/LisaNGM/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="pondie from the field" scheme="http://forums.ngm.com/blogs/tripblog/archive/tags/pondie+from+the+field/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>About this Blog &amp; Meet the Pondies</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/09/About-this-Blog-_2600_-Meet-the-Pondies.aspx" /><id>/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/09/About-this-Blog-_2600_-Meet-the-Pondies.aspx</id><published>2007-05-09T19:34:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-09T19:34:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Inspired by the WildCam Africa Web cam that has become such a part of their lives, ten community members are traveling to the location of the WildCam&amp;mdash;Pete&amp;#39;s Pond at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana, Africa&amp;mdash;to experience in person the site of the Web cam and the wildlife that has moved them to care.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://forums.ngm.com/Safari2007/Participants.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meet the &amp;quot;Pondies&amp;quot; &amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://forums.ngm.com/Blogs/guest_book_say_hello/archive/2007/05/01/Bon-Voyage_2100_.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sign Their Guest Book &amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.ngm.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=114389" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>LisaNGM</name><uri>http://forums.ngm.com/members/LisaNGM/default.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Pre-Travel Messages &amp; Safe Arrivals</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/01/About-this-Blog_2F00_Meet-the-Pondies.aspx" /><id>/blogs/tripblog/archive/2007/05/01/About-this-Blog_2F00_Meet-the-Pondies.aspx</id><published>2007-05-01T20:29:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-01T20:29:00Z</updated><content type="html">The traveling Pondies share with a few last messages before taking off on their trip.&amp;nbsp; Also find updates on their safe arrivals in Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.ngm.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=111101" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>LisaNGM</name><uri>http://forums.ngm.com/members/LisaNGM/default.aspx</uri></author></entry></feed>