Besides a passion for writing, I describe myself as being a bit of an adventurer. At age nine, a hastily scribbled note left on the kitchen table was enough to let my parents know that my friend and I were going camping on a neighboring farm. As much a reflection of

Not long after my camping trip on the neighboring farm (see Tales & Trails #2), my dad and a group of his BSAP (British South Africa Police) friends arranged a father-son camping trip to the wild and spectacular sanctuary of Mana Pools in the north of the country.