We spent the night just across US-41 from the southern tip of Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Bay at Baraga State Park. At night we could see the lights of the little town of L’Anse twinkle across the bay and in the morning the reflection of the rising sun dances on the water. The park and the town just north of it are named for the remarkable Rev. Frederic Baraga, a Nineteenth Century Slovenian missionary to the people of Ohio and ultimately to the people of many ethnicities living in the U.P. He had a talent for languages which made him particularly well suited to this ministry. He earned the nickname The Snowshoe Priest by traveling vast distances in winter to minister to his flock using his snowshoes!
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.
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