It's sort of a "survival mode" that can unfortunately also only last for SO long before you have to breath again. The first step is to exhale deeply . . . . .
BF is the farm near Victoria West where we go for our yearly hunt. Instead of staying in the farm house, we opted for camping . . . . sleeping under Karoo Stars and between "Klip Koppies".
Ruhan had to take all the camping gear, because my first leg of the trip is as always, on motorcycle. No problem, he got everything sorted to the letter! What a pleasure!
Meeting up in Uniondale:
First stop and a new addition to the trip: "Wors braai" on the side of the road.
The road-trip going there, is always the first highlight and almost like an "event" on it's own.
Ruhan quote: "Dis my paaie hierdie Dewie" (Doing 120 km/h on the dirt road outside Rietbron with the music pumping on the JBL speaker😀) Thanks Abe - Jy is oukei 🎵
It was already late afternoon (because the road trip was stretched to the max) and things needed to start happening now. Ruhan and our host went to fetch us two mattresses from the house, a bit of luxury we allowed ourselves. I immediately started with the most important thing: the Fireplace.
After an hour or so, the basics were set up
Lighting the first fire . . . pouring the first "fyne"
Next morning up early, collecting some firewood.
New gaiters - thanks Luc !
Over the next three days hunting conditions were unfortunately not great, wind pumping from early morning made the springbucks restless and on the move the whole time. Honestly, I think subconsciously, hunting took a backseat on this trip 😃
It became all about the camping, the relaxing and ultimately the breathing . . . . while also trying to soak up everything from this amazing place called the Karoo.
It was after one of these chilling sessions, waiting for the wind to calm down, that we actually got something for our continues effort. Clean headshot from Ruhan.
One of the big spoils of the trip, was a fire baked bread each night. There were other spoils, but this one need special mention and photo evidence, because it was just magnificent in that space!
Eating like kings all the time, even salads
I definitely gained a couple of kilos 😊
Kitchen area
Spending lots of time around the fire (recharging)
Horizontal, listening to the sound of silence ringing in your ears
You know it was a good trip when you don't mind driving home on the last day.
You also know you were out of town when the road signs are painted by hand
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