On Sunday we spent several hours at Monticello touring the house and grounds and learning more about the 3rd US President and his times. The home is wonderful and the restoration is impeccable considering the fact that all of Jefferson’s possessions as well as his home was sold after his death to pay his indebtedness. We definitely did not feel like we had seen enough when we just ran out of energy. This is one place we certainly want to return to another time. Before returning to the campground we stopped at the apple orchard on Carter Mountain and picked half a dozen Jonagold apples from the trees. Yum.
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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