Three years ago today we left Ohio on the last leg of our Great Adventure and drove through a snow storm through West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and into North Carolina. We stopped at the North Carolina welcome station where snow was piled atop the sign and there we made motel reservations for Sylva. That was the beginning of our residence here in Jackson County. This morning dawned frosty but snow free. We celebrated this evening with a delightful dinner downtown at Lulu’s which included some local Gaelic Ale and an impromptu visit with a friend and neighbor.
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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