There are many cool things to do in Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Park but the road to many of them is closed today. Nonetheless we were able to check out the visitors center for an overview and a bit of history. This place might have been a national park but for World Wat II. The federal government didn’t have the funds and the state government wanted to protect the resources of this wilderness from being harvested for the war effort. Then we drove to the Lake of the Clouds. Wow! This beautiful lake is nestled in a high valley and surrounded by old growth forests. We looked down on it from the escarpment and watched a canoe make its way across the surface of the lake. And we hiked a little way along the Big Carp River Trail for access to a few more vantage points. Gorgeous!
On the way home we stopped at the entrance to the abandoned Carp Lake Copper Mine which is now protected ad a bat habitat. Cool!
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.
There are many cool things to do in Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Park but the road to many of them is closed today. Nonetheless we were able to check out the visitors center for an overview and a bit of history. This place might have been a national park but for World Wat II. The federal government didn’t have the funds and the state government wanted to protect the resources of this wilderness from being harvested for the war effort. Then we drove to the Lake of the Clouds. Wow! This beautiful lake is nestled in a high valley and surrounded by old growth forests. We looked down on it from the escarpment and watched a canoe make its way across the surface of the lake. And we hiked a little way along the Big Carp River Trail for access to a few more vantage points. Gorgeous! 
On the way home we stopped at the entrance to the abandoned Carp Lake Copper Mine which is now protected ad a bat habitat. Cool!
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