Camped last night at Wilson Island State Park on the western border of Iowa. For yet another night we set up camp in a light rain and broke camp in the mist. This was our most primitive camp yet. We had pit toilets! But $11 a night is not bad. In Omaha, Nebraska, then went in search of breakfast. You cannot prove by us that there are any restaurants in Omaha open for breakfast. We made cheese sandwiches and ate in the car while parked on a downtown street. Then we went to the Gerald Ford Birthplace and took pictures in the garden but the museum is closed on weekends. After that we drove north on US 75 through the Winnebago Reservation and crossed back into Iowa at Sioux City to visit the gravesite of Sargeant Floyd, the only member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to die on the expedition. We then headed north to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We treated ourselves to a night at a Fairfield Inn and a dinner and a beer at Texas Roadhouse Grill!
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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