Had a wonderful visit with Dick and Dawn. First we did a leisurely circuitous walk from the parking lot to the restaurant where we met Dawn. It was a good chance to talk with Dick and to see a little more of this beautiful little town, the oldest in Ohio. Then a tasty lunch at Austyn’s and time to catch up briefly on one another’s lives. More important, a chance to realize that we really do want to spend more time together. Then all too soon it was time to climb back into the car for the eight hour trip home. It’s been a four corners of Ohio trip: Cincinnati in the southwest, Toledo in the northwest, Canton in the northeast, and Marietta in the southeast. It’s been a good trip but is is so good now to be home.
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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