SOOOOOOOOOOOOO...I'm at a waterhole in the Kalahari, and, amazingly, an eland bull the size of a U-Haul truck comes clicking and clopping in from the left. Holy crap, I think. Even my PH whispers "Wow!" Thirty yards away and me with a .300 Win Mag that yesterday hammered a big zebra into the ground.
It is a pure Robert Ruark moment.
And the the wind shifts, or the planet jinks in orbit, or my substantial bad karmic load comes back to haunt me, and the World's Largest Eland gets jiggy and launches itself into low earth orbit.
No shot.
Oh well, welcome to Africa, where safari camps have wi-fi connections. Sort of.
It is pretty much everything the SHOOTING GALLERY crew imagined. The only sounds at night are animals. The sky is very big.
Am having the trip of a lifetime.
Dawn comes early...who knew? More later!
May Peter Capstick guide your aim....
ReplyDeleteThat is one episode of Shooting Gallery I can't wait to see.
ReplyDeleteAwesome Michael. Let's see a photo of your zebra. ...and good luck!
ReplyDeleteGet the h-e-double-hockey sticks off the Internet and get back to Africa!
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Bring something back for the Smithsonian.
ReplyDeleteAre you intending to visit the Obama birthplace while in Africa MB? LOL....woops sorry to inject US politics in an otherwise heavenly respite...enjoy this jaunt. Can't wait to hear the podcast !!!
ReplyDeleteJust to have a sensory memory for the rest of your life, always take a different after shave with you to every location. Splash it on there, then when you get home you splash it on again and you'll be back in Africa.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear, MB. Sounds like the words of a guy who's enjoying his first trip to Africa. It *is* a blast. Africa is very addictive!
ReplyDeleteA buddy took a mature, monster eland a few years back. It's surprising how well the big fellas move when trot away with the dulap swinging. And when they're on the ground, they're bigger than you can imagine
I'm planning trip #3 to take the "black death" up in Mozambique in a couple of years. So it'll be good to hear when MB will be going back.
So. Freaking. Jealous.
ReplyDeleteJust in case you don't have the news...the recall was successful. Morse conceded and with 63 percent of the vote in Giron is toast losing 60 to 40.
ReplyDeleteTaste it Governor Pooperscooper!
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