I hope this story written in the prime of bird season finds readers doing things other than working to pay the bills and taking care of a new born child.  At late these are the things I have been doing, long gone for a while are the days of freedom and adventure free to go as the wind blows on whatever journey landed at my feet.  Here goes the story of my first African Safari….. Every journey has a making of its own.   This one no different than any other except instead of being conjured at the helm of the

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It was not a dream hunt or a “bucket-list hunt”, it was more of a – “how can I get my wife involved on my hunts” type hunt.  In recent years my wife has become a bit more vocal in her opposition to my hunting safaris / adventures; so I needed to figure out a way to get her on-board my hunts.  So one day I approached her with the idea of going to the United Kingdom to look up my Gaelic roots.  My great-great grandparents were from Scotland and Wales.  I told her I would hunt for four days and then

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