It started for me long ago. My daddy always had a copy or two of the Big Three in outdoor maga- zines – Field and Stream, Sports Afield or Outdoor Life lying around and one of my early childhood pleasures was picking one up, flipping through the pages and reading articles written by guys that became my heroes. My favorite …

In July of 1978 I loaded up my wife and six-month old daughter and moved to Saudi Arabia for sixteen won- derful years of work and adventure. While the work was challenging and exciting it was the local Saudi Arab that was a true delight to be associated with. The company was not an old aging mega-gi- ant as compared …