We camped last night near the Coralville Dam. During the 1993 Flood the water spilled over the dam in such proportion that it scoured away all the topsoil and some of the limestone bedrock downstream from the dam. At the Devonian Fossil Gorge we saw those fossils from the sea that covered Iowa 375 million years ago. We were not able to walk down in the gorge area because of damage done by this summer’s flood but we got an idea of what some of the fossils are like.
Then we headed west. We didn’t get very far very fast. We instead stopped at the Amana Colonies to learn more about what their communal life was like in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. We were particularly taken with the German heritage and with the woolen mill.
We did finally make it across Iowa to camp on the eastern side of the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska
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.
my neck of the woods
glad u are both having a great adventure. you are both in my country, this is my stomping ground have fun and travel safe.
Boy, I was just reading your blog, and the trip started fabulously! Bon voyage, and keep writing.
BTW, tomorrow is Tango night!