Day 3 We began before light this morning. We grabbed a quick egg with toast and were on our way. We were driving in the chilly morning again looking for fresh elephant tracks. As we were making our way down the dirt road, the trackers motioned for us to stop, they had
Day 4 What a beautiful morning, I had a feeling it was going to be a good day. As usual, we all jumped in the back of the truck to look for elephant. We had only been gone for a few minutes when we spotted a very fresh elephant track. We decided
Day 5 I dreamed all night long about my elephant encounter the day before. I was staring face to face, I mean face to knee with the elephant. I could see his ivory tusks coming toward me. I relived the moment through the night, wishing the elephant had turned just a bit to
Day 6 We got up a little later this morning and absorbed the beautiful African sunrise. We sat down for a breakfast of eggs, kudu sausage, toast and juice. We made our customary rounds looking for new elephant tracks over our freshly raked road. We found some, but they were heading right into
Day 7 At light, I could hear the truck approaching. I gathered my things and crawled out of the blind. I felt like I was living a nightmare. I could hear the doors shutting on the truck and people rushing my way, excited to see what happened. I wanted to crawl
Day 8 At light, the sound of the truck came rolling in. I did not want to face the guys again. However, there was some feeling of relief this time, I knew the problem, and could fix it. The night before, I assumed it was a limb, and it wasn’t. Their
Day 9 John and I were sound asleep when the truck showed up at dawn. They rushed toward us, hoping for good news. I took some time to talk about the uneventful night on camera.   As we drove back to camp, things were weighing very heavy on me. This
Day 10 When the truck arrived this morning, it was no surprise that the leopard had not come in. They had already said that the leopard would probably never return to this bait. It was time to check the other baits. On our way back to camp, we checked the other two
Day 11 This was the last day of the hunt and we had to make the most of it. I grabbed my MR5 and jumped in the back of the truck for one last hunt for elephants. We drove slowly down the dirt road studying every elephant track we came to. We
Day 12 When the truck arrived, I was pretty disappointed. I couldn’t believe the leopard didn’t come in. On our way back to camp, we got to see some waterbuck, kudu, and impala. Then the truck stopped. The trackers jumped out and started speaking in Afrikaans and...