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Originally posted by Frostbit:


Since there are only three sleeps left until we find out if our coveted yellow sticky ITN Number will get our firearms through Customs and Border Protection and TSA, I figured I'd throw this thread up now before I forget.

Darin Nelson wishes for her and Bob to join us on this trip in spirit and has made us promise to give her an occasional Sat call as we did while hunting Royal Kafue with Andrew.

So be it!! She will pass on any update we give her. When eve wifi is available we will also try and throw an occasional update or picture to tease you all until we get back and write this trip up.

It has been a bit complicated in the planning but I like that type of challenge and since I'm retired I actually had adequate time to even deal with the unsavory surprise of the new firearm travel regs. That said, none of us know how this is going to go in two and a half days.

Presuming I have time at SeaTac before boarding Emirates and after rechecking the bags I will fill you all in on how it went with the firearm checking.

A couple of days after that we will have an answer to the age old question.......will Joyce shoot the T-rex?

Cheers
Jim (and Joyce)

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Originally posted by Emory:
With proper loads worked up for the Lawn & Alder I presume...

Safe travels and good hunting,

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Originally posted by jdollar:
best of luck, you two! off the top of my head, with Joyce's history of back problems , you might want to rethink the T-Rex idea

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Originally posted by jdollar:
in that case- GO FOR IT! i thought i recalled that she had a lumbar spine surgery a while back. obviously my Alzheimers is more advanced than i thought

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Originally posted by AK145:
Have a great trip and good luck to the both of you. Hopefully all the snow will be gone up yonder when you get back. We are certainly ready for it up this way!

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Originally posted by AR MAN:
All the best and as a side note, the L7 block was and could still be home to the largest population of Livingstones eland in the Niassa! Get one for me

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Good luck!

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Originally posted by TexKD:
Have a great trip. Smile the whole time.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by TexKD:
Have a great trip. Smile the whole time.

We'll do our best!! I'm smiling right now just thinking of all we have planned.

Fly out of Anchorage early Tuesday and have three hours in Seattle to recheck bags and run the "yellow sticky ITN" gauntlet. I'll try and pop up an all clear once we make it through that.

Then Business Class (mileage ticket) on Emirates from Seattle to Dubai. Three day stopover in Dubai to include meeting Saeed and thanking him for AR. Think about it, without AR and the alert concerning the travel reg change, it's doubtful our rifles would be going with us.

Some other sightseeing and then back on Emirates Business Class to Harare, Zimbabwe. Spend a day with Buzz and the girls and head on into the Zambezi Valley for a 14 day Trophy Bull Elephant. We are having that hunt filmed by Justin. That's a first for us.

Back to Harare and a free day then fly to Victoria Falls for a whirlwind three days including,

Accommodations at the Victoria Falls Hotel
Helicopter view of the Falls
Elephant Back ride
Hikes to the Falls
High Tea at the Livingstone Hotel in Zambia
Dinner at the Gorges
Sunset Dinner Cruise on the Mighty Zambezi

Then fly to Jo-Berg, over night at African Sky, and off to Pemba, Mozambique to hang on the Indian Ocean for a week.

Then drive into Block L-7 of the Niassa Reserve for a long awaited 14 day appointment with a pair of Leopards.

Damn right I'm smiling.

There were times 18 months ago that I secretly wondered what life might be like without Joyce. That hole was so dark and empty I couldn't even see into it.

Damn right I'm smiling.....

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Originally posted by jaegerfrank:
Have a great trip! Will you take your 450 double for the elephant?

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by TexKD:
Have a great trip. Smile the whole time.

We'll do our best!! I'm smiling right now just thinking of all we have planned.

Fly out of Anchorage early Tuesday and have three hours in Seattle to recheck bags and run the "yellow sticky ITN" gauntlet. I'll try and pop up an all clear once we make it through that.

Then Business Class (mileage ticket) on Emirates from Seattle to Dubai. Three day stopover in Dubai to include meeting Saeed and thanking him for AR. Think about it, without AR and the alert concerning the travel reg change, it's doubtful our rifles would be going with us.

Some other sightseeing and then back on Emirates Business Class to Harare, Zimbabwe. Spend a day with Buzz and the girls and head on into the Zambezi Valley for a 14 day Trophy Bull Elephant. We are having that hunt filmed by Justin. That's a first for us.

Back to Harare and a free day then fly to Victoria Falls for a whirlwind three days including,

Accommodations at the Victoria Falls Hotel
Helicopter view of the Falls
Elephant Back ride
Hikes to the Falls
High Tea at the Livingstone Hotel in Zambia
Dinner at the Gorges
Sunset Dinner Cruise on the Mighty Zambezi

Then fly to Jo-Berg, over night at African Sky, and off to Pemba, Mozambique to hang on the Indian Ocean for a week.

Then drive into Block L-7 of the Niassa Reserve for a long awaited 14 day appointment with a pair of Leopards.

Damn right I'm smiling.

There were times 18 months ago that I secretly wondered what life might be like without Joyce. That hole was so dark and empty I couldn't even see into it.

Damn right I'm smiling.....