We love it when we stumble upon places that we know about from history classes. Today it was the Tippecanoe Battlefield and Museum. We visited the site of the November 7, 1811 battle between U.S. forces led by then Indiana governor William Henry Harrison against the Shawnee led by Tenskwatawa, the brother of Tecumseh. It was a set back for the Shawnee who never achieved their dream of a complete Indian Confederacy. Additionally it was a great public relations boon for Harrison that led to the famous campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too, and ultimately to the White House.
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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