We can remember when finding the perfect Christmas tree involved long debates among various family members as to the merits of this tree or that and wandering through lots offering a hundred or more possibilities. Today it was easier. Bryson’s offered only about two dozen choices and we are no longer intent on finding perfection. It took us about two minutes to find a fresh tree were both liked and to have our friend Armando load it into the back of Eric the Red for the ride up the local mountain road to Tween Creeks! And thus the season progresses! Ho, ho, ho!
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.
Aaahhh, the scent of fresh pine lofting though the home.
Is there nothing that Bryson’s does not sell? It looks like they have great trees.