We awakened this morning to discover that the forecasters who predicted snow for us last night were correct. And the fall leaves are still on many of the trees! (There are even some trees still green.) Not only that but we haven’t really had frost yet! Old-timers say that snow before frost is a sure sign of a hard winter ahead. On top of that Joe Bastardi, a meteorologist that seems to always get it right on longer range winter forecasts says to expect another severe winter. A link to his Thursday forecast is here. Guess that means that we will really appreciate our trip to St Somewhere come January!
Debi, Pete, and Anne
on November 1, 2014 at 8:08 pm
We had long sleeves and I had jeans on today as the temps here were not out of the 60’s. Early for that down here. At least we didn’t have snow! Stay warm and safe!
Tisn’t nearly as picturesque here, but with the sudden cold snap a couple of weeks ago, the leaves have all turned their autumn colors. Winter is just around the corner.
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.
We had long sleeves and I had jeans on today as the temps here were not out of the 60’s. Early for that down here. At least we didn’t have snow! Stay warm and safe!
Tisn’t nearly as picturesque here, but with the sudden cold snap a couple of weeks ago, the leaves have all turned their autumn colors. Winter is just around the corner.