This guy is huge! Reputedly the third largest free standing memorial in the country, the Iron Man statue dominates the landscape at a little city park south of Chisholm along US-169. It calls you to spend a moment pondering the role of the individual mine workers in the forging of the US as an industrial giant and beckons you to explore the mine country and learn more. We recognized this landmark from the Minnesota episode of Aerial America and checked off as “Been There” on our Roadside America app. Also found a Geocache here! What fun!
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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