In the wee small hours of this morning a band of thunderstorms rolled through southwestern Ohio interrupting our sleep for about an hour and a half. Although according to the Weather app the worst of it hit west of us, we still heard lots of thunder boomers and heavy rain on the roof. Only “damage” was that one stake pulled out leaving part of the awning flapping in the breeze. Steve went out into the storm to secure the line to a nearby tree then reset the stake this morning. All in all we weathered the storm quite well.
Very glad to know your preparations paid off. I hear stories of people not so fortunate. I will need to set-up my little tent in backyard for the next severe storm to see how it fares.
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.
Very glad to know your preparations paid off. I hear stories of people not so fortunate. I will need to set-up my little tent in backyard for the next severe storm to see how it fares.