We woke up to snow falling and went to sleep to snow falling. And it fell nearly the whole time in between. With some trepidation we chose to drove to Asheville and join our friend, Kim, at a Westwood community dinner. We got there and home again safely but drove through blowing snow in both directions.
(Blackberry Winter is a cold snap that occurs after Spring has arrived. Some folks say it’s necessary to set the blackberry blossoms.)
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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