A family history reference to Niagara Falls triggered Mark’s memory of a Three Stooges skit that he shared with all of us this rainy morning. Of course we then needed to watch the Abbott and Costello version. From there we proceeded to Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box. We challenge you to watch it with a straight face!
And as the rain continues to fall, we’re now listening to “The Second Week of Deer Camp”, “A Walk in the Irish Rain”, and other great songs by Gunness the Duo accompanied by appropriate beverages!
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.
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch . . . .
And as the rain continues to fall, we’re now listening to “The Second Week of Deer Camp”, “A Walk in the Irish Rain”, and other great songs by Gunness the Duo accompanied by appropriate beverages!
“nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!”, “woob-woob-woob!