The Walkabout Company Blog

Fly fishing the Colorado river headwaters & going the extra mile.

Posted by Richard Christie on June 1, 2017

By then I could see all the fishermen (boats) were either leaving, or watching me like I was some kind of fool. Some kind of crazy person, waders, fly rod and all. I rose slowly and made one cast some 30 feet out where the water flow eased, and well the rest is history.

Tight lines and Fish hard.

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Jump forward & Walkabout is Born, 1992 another turn in the journey of life

Posted by Richard Christie on May 30, 2017

Five of the 7th Cavalry's twelve companies were annihilated; Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, at Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the LAKOTA and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand. The battle in 1876 was fought in the Banks of the Little Bighorn River.

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The Beginning

Posted by Richard Christie on May 17, 2017

Son keep an eye out for those trees ahead, make sure you dont hit them ! " as we buzzed the tops at some 210 miles an hour. We all know trees dont move, or do they ? Dad had a good laugh as he pulled us up and away, Those trees were Giraffe and yes, they do move !

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It's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings!

Posted by Grant Reid on May 7, 2017

In the African bushveld, nothing can ever be taken for granted! Life and death may not bear the synonymous meaning we think it does! In many cases life does not mean life, and death does not mean death ...

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Walking with Cheetah in South Africa with Zungah Safaris

Posted by Richard Christie on April 9, 2017

By the time we made it to the top of the hill I was completely out of breath having just run as fast as I could to keep up with the Cheetah's. As if I had a chance!

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