On the hunt
So, sitting around one evening sipping some fine single malt Scottish holy water I got to thinking about my next hunt. Who to invite to share it? The people who I really connect with and understand my thought processes are veterans. And I had just the fellows in mind to share this trip with me. John Vaeth is a US Airforce NCO veteran from the Vietnam war. He was involved inn B-52 maintenance and did two tours of duty. Joe Noone is a retired US Marine Colonel who has been involved in various operations over the last 30 years. As for myself, I was a US Army NCO Vietnam combat veteran with the 82nd Airborne. I can assure you this guaranteed many a war story while enjoying sundowners after supper. Contacts were made and both gentlemen signed up for the trip. Contacting the fine and helpful staff at TWG Travel Agency, we booked our airfare and obtained travel insurance with Ripcord.
The day of departure finally arrived on 5 May, flying out of Armstrong International airport in New Orleans, Louisiana. We flew with Lufthansa thru Frankfurt then direct into Windhoek Namibia. Everything went smoothly. Our flight arrived at 8:00 a.m. the morning of the 7th. Our PH (Gerrit Breedt) had hired a driver by the name of Andre to pick us up. With his help we picked up our checked bags and cleared the gun room and in short order we were on our
