Elephants!!

Just a quick post, as my moms are paying bahts per minute for this internet thing. Today I got to ride an elephant. Yes, that's right- 6 months old and already an accomplished elephant rider. We checked out the elephant conservation center run by the government. We saw the elephant show that shows how the elephants are trained to work in logging and forrestry, saw elephants painting (we bought one for our house!), visited the "elephant hospital" and recovery center where they treat sick elephants free of charge, and rode on the elephant for 1/2 hour. What fun- I even wore an outfit with elephants on it for the occassion. Now we are resting and tonight we will go to the night bazaar, our last sight to see before we leave Chiang Mai and head to Koh Samui in the morning. Hope everyone is doing well back home and that our yard and basement are not totally flooded out! (when you hear about flooding in your local area on the news in Thailand, you can guess it might be pretty bad!)