We were part of the team of election workers at Pinellas Precinct 147 for the Presidential Preference Primary. It was a nearly fifteen hour day. We were there for set up by 5:45AM. Polls opened at 7AM sharp. We stayed busy all day processing voters at for a nearly 40% turnout. Polls closed (Steve got to announce the opening and closing with a “Hear ye, hear ye” announcement!) at 7PM sharp then the after hours procedures began. We were finished about 8:30PM. The two of us came home and were ready to fall into bed when we heard the sound of fireworks. We watched from our balcony before falling into a very sound sleep.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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