You’ve probably heard the story of our first visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. We drove in, rushed out to the viewing platform, snapped about a dozen excellent photos of the four presidents using a variety of lenses on a 35mm SLR camera then packed up the gear, and hurried off to the next stop on our Trip Tik. For many years we have wanted to come “Back to the Fork” and take our time at Mount Rushmore. These days there is much more to see and do. We hiked the Presidential Trail, visited the sculptor’s studio, and learned much more about the history and the process that brought this great work of art into being. After about a four hour visit which included lunch at a table looking out at the heads, we drove the Iron Mountain Road and the Needles Highway past Sylvan Lake seeing incredible scenery and wildlife, back to our campsite. In Hill City we enjoyed Moose Drool ale and a mediocre meal before collapsing into bed.
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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