An even better wart hog story....

You won’t believe this. I have an even better wart hog story, that happened the following day. In the morning, I was up bright and early - 6 AM, and ready for breakfast by 6:30 AM. I’ve started reading another book, at Heidi’s suggestion, “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” I love it. For those interested, the book is written from the perspective of a dog, and now when I talk to Jackie, I really wonder what he’s thinking! Anyway, I find minutes here and there, if I have to wait for anything, I'm reading again, and was even reading at the breakfast table.............between polite conversation, of course. :o)

In the morning Vern got his second gemsbok. Vern has been a great shot, even though he hasn’t hit the target quite every time, and Dirk is using him to get some meat for the camp, their help, the neighbors, an orphanage and a school, plus like I said before, Dirk needs to do some culling.

In the afternoon, I decided to skip the afternoon hunt..........and of course, I missed a wild adventure.

They found a much bigger wart hog, than the one Vern shot. Dirk told him to shoot it (for free) as they need the meat. Vern shot; the wart hog went down.....end of story? - Not quite. Zachie and Jackie headed into the bush to confirm his death.............suddenly, Vern saw Zachie waving his arms to come and come quick!

Vern and Dirk started running and what a sight to behold. The wart hog had gotten up and was running in circles, with Jackie hanging on to his tail. The wart hog was going around fast enough to raise Jackie off his feet........he was almost flying straight out.

Thankfully, this has happened before. Dirk told Vern not to shoot, but be ready. Finally Jackie let go of the tail, and Dirk yelled, “Shoot.” Vern did, and this time the pig went down, and stayed down.

Tuesday:

This morning we had our final hunt. Vern shot two blue wildebeests, once again for meat. He made two very, very good shots, that dropped both of them within about 30 seconds of each other. And then it was time to pack up and say good bye to some very dear people, that will be our friends for life.

About 2:30 PM, Dirk, Vern, and I headed for Windhoek. We gave up a trip to the coast. The winds are bad......just came in, in the last few days. We also felt like we needed to be in Windhoek. If we learn our flight will go, we won't have far to go to get to the airport, to hopefully claim our seats. We know we'll need to be there hours before the flight. We were told tonight's flight would go, but then we learned it didn't go...........it doesn't look good for us, but one can hope.

We're staying with Dirk & his family at the edge of Windhoek. They have lovely guest quarters, and I even have fast internet. What fun!

Windhoek is a beautiful city, and Dirk's wife Rina, is all prepared to show us around a bit tomorrow.

Stay tuned to the news, and pray that the European airports can SAFELY open soon.

Suggested reading from Vern is African hunting stories, which he's been reading most of his life, and he was even reading them during these two weeks. Dirk, of course, has quite a collection. If you want specifics, he'd be glad to loan you a few books or make suggestions.

That's all from Windhoek, for now. I may post a few more pictures.

Love to all.......Shirley