The concept of this Tearstock gathering is a homecoming event. The Little Guy trailers get to gather near the Pleasant Valley Trailers factory where they were built and we owners get to tour the factory. Our first visit to Sugarcreek was in 2009 to see the Silver Shadow trailer in Joe Mullet’s three car garage that would become our first Little Guy teardrop trailer. We’ve since been back a number of times. It was fun to take the factory tour today with other owners, to see some of the new innovations they are using in the new trailers, to get a glimpse in the distance of the new factory that is under construction, and to hear Joe talk about plans for the new facility and beyond. One of the new innovations was a keyed latch for the propane and battery cover and we were able to purchase one for our T@B and installed it when we got back to the campsite.
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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