We visited Pipestone National Monument today. Though we’d not known about the park, we’ve known about it’s product and a bit about it’s significance in Native American culture. The peace pipe is carved from stone found only here. This is sacred land where these quarries are located in the Minnesota prairie. Even today as they have for hundreds of years, Native Americans quarry the pipestone on these lands and carve these prayer pipes. We feel privileged that they are willing to share these blessings with us!
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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