Site 52 here at Indiana Dunes State Park was going to be great for watching tonight’s eclipse. We set up our chairs with a beautiful view of the Harvest Moon in a clear sky at about 7:20PM Central. In about 20 minutes the clouds started moving in. Two hours later we’re ready to give it up. The cloud cover is so thick there’s no clue as to where in the sky an eclipse may or may not be happening. Guess we’ll just have to tune again next time! Eighteen years?
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.
Does look like a good sky scene for a Halloween night!