The AccuWeather promise of sunshine today wasn’t evident as we were packing up and preparing to depart this morning. It was under gray skies that we headed west on I-84 toward Gresham traveling between Historic US-30 and the Columbia River. We saw the Crown Point Vista House way up on its promontory overlooking the river. Photos of it have been among those that have graced our AppleTV screensaver since we were there in 2008. From Gresham we headed south along an incredibly scenic byway through the Clackamas Valley. Ultimately we settled in at Cougar Crossing in the Willamette National Forest under sunny skies. Initially we were the only ones here but before nightfall one other site at the opposite end of the campground was occupied.
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.
The AccuWeather promise of sunshine today wasn’t evident as we were packing up and preparing to depart this morning. It was under gray skies that we headed west on I-84 toward Gresham traveling between Historic US-30 and the Columbia River. We saw the Crown Point Vista House way up on its promontory overlooking the river. Photos of it have been among those that have graced our AppleTV screensaver since we were there in 2008. From Gresham we headed south along an incredibly scenic byway through the Clackamas Valley. Ultimately we settled in at Cougar Crossing in the Willamette National Forest under sunny skies. Initially we were the only ones here but before nightfall one other site at the opposite end of the campground was occupied.
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