It's still dark, but the glow of the morning sun is on the horizon. You lay on the bed slowly coming to. The sounds of the starting day can be heard from the kitchen. Your ears search for the sounds of the night. The lions made a kill, and the hyenas tried to take it. The argument echoed through the night air waking you from a sound sleep. Its still cool outside, the smell from the mopane fire is in the air. The pods of hippos that talked through the night are finally quiet. What kind of language do they have you wonder. The has to be one. The air is quiet outside of the netting covering your bed. The buzz of the mosquitos has ended, and the flies aren't awake yet.
As you throw the blanket back you remember to check the floor for scorpions. The cough of a leopard sounds near. It must be the small female that lives nearby, You feel a tinge of guilt, knowing that the big tom that was courting her is in the skinning shed. Yet you know whe will find another soon. As you start to pull on your shoes, wilson comes to your tent door to awaken you with a fresh cup of tea. Ha, beat you to it today wilson. Taaking the cup in hand, you exit the tent, conscious that there might be a puff adder near the trail, but there is none. The cooing of the doves is broken only by the sounds of the other birds. The air is alive with their calls. You hear the splash in the river, wonder what that was, Fish? goose? croc? hippo? its still to dark to see. As you approach the fire your PH greets you. Sitting in the chair, listening, watching the light become brighter, smelling the fire, and the breakfast cooking, it seems as god has singled you out to give you all the gifts of life. silently your thank him and get ready to face the wonderment of the day.

August 26th... I'll be there if the Good Lord so lets me.

Sept.18th for wife and I.
The dreams that never left from our 1st trip are getting stronger and more vivid every night.
Soon the cure will come, soon.

August 11th for me & wife!

Just another day at the office...

Great read on this Sunday Morning. Thanks for sharing. I can only hope to be blessed once again to experience those cherished African mornings.

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get ready to face the wonderment of the day.

Mr. Lockerby,

Right there you've hit the essence of the safari experience.

Mark

July 23rd...

butchloc,

Well done, brings back great memories. Can't wait to leave on October 7th!!!!

June 23rd.

Great post

August 7th

July 1st for me!

Less than 120 days for me

October 10th to Moz

Wife and I will be in The Selous Aug. 24 and the next 22 days... Yes, I am smiling with excitement...

Mike

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Originally posted by retreever:
Wife and I will be in The Selous Aug. 24 and the next 22 days... Yes, I am smiling with excitement...

Mike

Don't forget your sunscreen...have a great hunt.

In the Zambezi Valley on July 31st.

Will be hard to sleep that night, with the promise of the first day of the best hunt of my life just a few hours away.

Oct 9 to Zim --- just printed this out and it's hanging over my desk so I can read it first thing every morning --- Thanks
G

Caprivi dawn.

September 17 th in Zimbabwe

Leave Aug 28th RSA, maybe the Suni this time!

August 31 just south of the Selous. God, I'm gonna miss that place!

Bull1

6 Days... Can't wait to take it all in again... Zim

25 days !!!!!!!!

August 16th for my husband and me.

D. Nelson

GREAT MEMORIES. NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AFRICA THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY NEXT.

July 2th I'll leave Milan, July 5th I'll leave Windhoek, without my rifle this time, but with my camera.

July 27th back to WDK and I'leave Namibia July 29th back to office

in the middle 22 days of quite and relaxing travel in a fascinating nature :-)

2010 for me and my wife (I hope) my 2nd her 1st