Today we headed south on US 385 to Hot Springs, South Dakota. There in 1974 mammoth fossils were discovered and now it is an active paleontological dig under roof. It’s the only mammoth site in the US with the fossils in situ (left where they were found). We’d heard about this site before and had always wanted to see it in person. On the way back north, inside Wind Cave National Park we encountered a herd of Bison and watched them amble across the road in front of our car. At the Visitor’s Center we signed up for a walking tour of the cave and saw rare box formations (no caving tours this time). On the way back to camp on this rainy evening we fortified ourselves with bumbleberry and strawberry rhubarb pie ala mode. Next time you are in Custer, SD, you need to stop at the Purple Pie Place!
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.
Looks like a fantastic place to visit with a helmet, rope and three independent light sources!