OK, day 9. Last day of the hunt. We know that we are not going to hunt late into the day, and are going to pack up camp early, since I have an early morning flight out of Mcarthur River and Mick has booked a hotel room for the night at a roadhouse within a half hour of the airport.
Several small groups of buff and scrub bulls are sighted, but each time the wind changes and we get busted. It seems that as soon as we see the buff it changes. I am laughing about it at this point. Mick wants me to bend over so he can kick me in the rear for it. I still think that he doesn't believe that I am Irish, lol. That is essentially all of the hunting for the trip.
We headed back to camp, finished packing, and headed for the roadhouse. Now Mick and Andy are fine offroad drivers and have excellent vision, but most of the drive off of the ranch, I could not have told you that we were on the road. There is no way that anyone could have done that in the dark, so I am glad that we left when we did. We arrived at the roadhouse, which was called Heartbreak Hotel. Indeed, anyone having to leave this area should be heartbroken. We were able to get showers a good meal, and a good nights sleep before me catching my flight. Nothing eventful there and I made it back to the states safely, just dog tired again. I hope that I gave enough details so that you guys kinda felt like you were there a little. I am sure that I have forgotten a ton of little things, like Mick and his ongoing battle with the crows, but I didn't keep a very good journal. Just a few notes here and there. I really feel fortunate to have had this experience.
Here are a couple of before and after pics of me at the OKC airport before leaving on the trip and after getting back. I don't think the last one does justice to how tired I was.
Topic: Back from Australia (Read 2688 times)
