The weather has gotten chilly. The leaves are beginning to turn especially at the higher elevations so we did a Sunday afternoon drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. At first we planned on lunching at the Pisgah Inn but we took a wrong turn. Instead we traveled past Graveyard Fields and through Balsam Gap. Just a few feet away from the BRP exit we found Balsam Mountain Inn still open for lunch. We feasted on Sauteed Mountain Trout and fresh vegetables. After lunch we chatted with the innkeepers and got a tour of the inn which was built at the turn of the last century. A fine way to spend an autumn afternoon.
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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