What a treat! This is another of the incredibly well interpreted living history museums of the Minnesota Historical Society. The visitors center offered some wonderful exhibits on the history and future of forestry as well as a great movie on the last log drive in 1937 and an impressive multimedia presentation on a major forest fire. But the incredible part is visiting a lumber camp on a snowy day in December 1900 and talking with members of the camp staff in costume and in character. It’s amazingly challenging and educational to converse in a different time frame. This morning’s relatively chilly weather helped us make the transition back in time 115 years and 7 months!
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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