Khutse Trip

Since I traded a few off days at various points throughout the last month or so, I had accumulated a bit of off time. So this past weekend, I used up some of those days and took a 6 days off, 3 of which were spent on a short outing to the Khutse Game Reserve with the two short-termers and another Flying Mission fellow, Peter Shaw, and his son Andrew. Khutse is a small park that sort of hangs off the bottom of the Central Kalahari. As a result, it's very Kalahari-ish, which means hot and dry with a bunch of pans and low shrub with the occasional animal or tree. It's a pretty desolate and beautiful landscape, and since there aren't too many animals there due to the lack of water and greenness, the landscape is a big part of the attraction. As well as seeing some of what the Kalahari is like. It's amazing that people managed to live in a place like that without standing water for so many thousands of years. Anyway, it was a good trip with it's share of adventure (try setting up a 10 person tent in the dark in blasting winds and rain). I've put a few pictures up on the gmail site, so enjoy. Gotta run cause my internet time is running out (internet doesn't appear to be working at the hangar too often these days). Peace.