Promptly, at 13h00, all kids were then marched down to the Admin block where they were to receive a lesson on …. "how to approach a helicopter". As they sat on the side of the road, Rusty went into the finer details of how dangerous it could be walking up to a helicopter, when Mike the Pilot walked over. He was introduced and the kids were then asked "would you like to go in the helicopter?" I don’t think they quite understood until Rusty re-asked the question. The looks on their faces were priceless. |
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| There's no pilot so we cant go. | "Yipee, did you here that - we're going up" |
I'm sorry about the chopper photos I could only get the one side and rarely the front or some thing like earmuffs where in the way. I was not thinking as a mommy where the Kid was the important thing. some of the thumb nails (that's the pictured on this page) have a 'Hot spot' on the cabin door (or some where else) which will take you to the best I could pull out of my photos.
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| First one in, Connor, battery still connected to the copper, | Gets a bit windy as the chopper goes up
"hey Sandra - quickly catch those kids that are flying away over there, I will hold onto these" | Hey man, let's go again |
| The red bar on both sides of the helicopter are used in judging the strips flown during game counting |
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| "Pom, bring the camera...where is Pom"? | "Pom look at me - look at me"! | Jane, speechless for once |
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| "Please fly over the camp and wake Pom up" | Geez that was fun! | Red Hartebeests
Hey hey, bugger off, cant you see I need my beauty sleep! |
Now at the beginning of this article, I told you we had 16 kids, well suddenly we had 19 kids! Jane, Bridget and Sandra, in a space of mere minutes, dropped age and became children – what could we do, but send them up too! This experience was the highlight of every child there. Rusty really gave each child an experience of a lifetime and I personally would like to thank Rusty for all of the effort he made in arranging the surprise. |
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| Some of the bigger kids, not to mention the photographer, who just had to get a birds eye view of the camp for everyone to share. | The camp with the mission in the background |
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Thank god we're up here - he is not a happy chappi e I don't think it likes these noisy things that stick darts in their bums every so often. | Spot your tent. | Mimi, there's huge fish in here with big pointy teeth! |
| After all of the excitement, the kids were then given time to "chill", and only Keene, Jordan and Connor summed up the guts to go a have a swim in the reservoir with the reportedly huge (you have the word of two grade ones) catfish and frogs. Lara and Simon opted to be sprayed with the hosepipe. |
| Rusty continued making his famous potjie for dinner while Barry and Geer made their infamous "bier broodt" Dinner was a very social occasion. The charades were enjoyed by all. Oom Piet even did his "olifant slurp" impression! |
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