From Burbank we headed northwest on I-82 through the Yakima Valley. Looking through the windshield at amazing landscapes and snow capped mountains in the distance. We detoured off the highway to see the 1922 gas station built to draw attention to the Teapot Dome Scandal of the Warren G. Harding administration raging in the nation’s capital at the time and also as a tourist attraction in those early days of motoring tourism. Our next stop was at the Yakima Valley Visitor Center where Herb, our host was most inspiring. We mapped out a route for us through the North Cascades and also told us about a brewery in the middle of fields of hops that serves tacos and beer on Tuesdays. Alas, we were an hour too early so we visited the hops plants then headed to Big Pines campground. Along the way we tuned into traffic info on AM-530 and learned to expect significant delays due to construction on the road to the campground. We altered course and settled into the KOA at Ellensburg instead. Took the opportunity to get laundry done and enjoyed delicious shade on Site #21 across the road from the Yakima River.
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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