Hello From South Africa, a little late

Good afternoon one and all! We are alive and well and having just a seriously great time! Here's a quick update...sorry no pictures (however i am sure we'll have a powerpoint presentation and dinner at the house soon enough) this is bill, steve and lewie typing right now..(okay we're all here now)...okay here we go
1. Got here just fine.....long a#$ flight but worth it (spent good quality time playing cribbage and watching some stupid sandra bullock movie...don't see premonition)
2. Our outfitters were waiting for us at the airport and off we went to camp....with a slight run in with the delta luggage handlers who bent steve's gun case into a fine banana shape...a few tense moments but the guns were fine (as you'll see in a minute)
3. Camp was very cool. Very plush lodgings for being in the bush.
4. Got up early the next morning, sighted in and off we went....
5. Saw animals up the ying yang.....lewie and eric together, stevie and me (bill) and lyle was with two of the biggest guys you'll ever meet (marco and alec).....
6. Lyle has the serious monkey bites for africa.....all of us are having a great time but lyle is in his element...(julie, we have not let him book his next hunt yet)
7. quick hunting tally:
Steve: Ann, (and all the cool wollmer tribe)......you'll be happy to hear that steve got his blesbok, his impala (very nice 160ish yard shot...) and a near world record bushbuck....all the camp was in a tizzy about it!!! (seriously, probably top 10 SCI)
Lewie: Hi julie and colby james....lewie got a fine gemsbok, great 55 inch kudu and a very fine impala (not the car)
Eric: Eric smoked a gemsbok, blesbok and another fine impala....however he did practice "shoot and release" on a very fine but very gone kudu.....inspiration to come back!
Bill: Hi smoochie and scout (and our little peanut)....fine gemsbok, nyala, bushbuck, waterbuck and went off the list for a haartebeast....lyle got one and i had to keep up (mine is bigger by the way...same for the waterbuck...)
Lyle: mr. "africa" should qualify for the volume discount.....here we go....very fine impala (again, not the car), blesbok, bushbuck..(the boys from milwaukee all got bushbuck and we will now refer to ourselves as the bushbuck boys)....waterbuck, haartebeast, a fine veal sized gembok...("the other one on the right") and by far the nicest shot of the trip...a 375 yard shot on a very nice kudu....sniper school is next)

Went dove hunting today and went through about 750 rounds.....very very fun!!

Our outfitters have been awesome....Steve (not to be confused with stevie) was steve and my ph (professional hunter)....just a flat out great guy. Lewie and eric hunted with Paul and apprentice Benny....paul is a local and got us into some great areas....we taught benny how to play cribbage....our social gift to south africa)....Lyle had the twin towers of Alec and Marco.....700 pounds of professional hunters....marco looks like aaron taylor's bigger brother....also just fantastic people.....and finally angelo our host has been absolutely fantastic....great hunting areas and the trip has been really really great!

We miss all of you and the baby's room doesn't have to be changed at all.....(we are thinking of going with a noah's ark theme with real african animals)......see everyone this weekend!

lots of love.....the hatari safari boys.....p.s. there is already talk about a sequel (hatari safari II...africa with a vengence).....start your planning now....