In August of 2005 Mike and Sue Neil traveled to South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia with Mark and Becci Crowe and three other couples.

This was a fulfillment of a lifelong dream for Mike and Sue Neil who have been married for thirty-two years.  Mike said he was most excited about how Sue embraced Africa, knowing that he would love it having worked for thirty years for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as an enforcement officer