In every ocean-facing room are large windows showcasing the view, which the couple enhanced by raising their lawn by 4 feet, so that the grass and the sea appear to touch in the distance and cars driving by disappear.

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In the distance, a straggling herd of wildebeest arced up and back into the grass like dolphins leaping from the water.

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Two armed figures running in the distance made the rangers level their rifles, but the figures vanished into tall grass.

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