Margrit and Russ return to a small game reserve after 17 years to assess the status of African Wildlife. We drove into the game reserve with our rented kombi van and three almost adult children back in Christmas of 1997. This was the first time they were in Africa since they were tiny and the anticipation to see wild animals was palpable. They didn’t have to wait long, for as we came up over the rise not far into the park we saw those distinctive heads on long necks bobbing along the horizon. That trip we saw Giraffe, Wildebeest with…