Cathy & Jay took delivery of their new black and silver clamshell T@B just before Tearstock in July. They were camped near us there at Atwood but we didn’t really get to know them until they and their dog Zoe stayed a few sites from us in Cottonwood campground at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota early last month. Then we saw them southbound as we were headed north on Highway 16 in South Dakota’s Black Hills. When we thought we saw them pass us on US-101 in Forks on Friday we sent them a text. The exchange of a few messages revealed that we both had reservations at the same campground on Sunday. So we made plans for a dinner together. We chose Downriggers on the waterfront in Port Angeles where we enjoyed the views, craft brews, local salmon, and wonderful conversation. We swapped tales of life in our respective T@Bs and of road trips past and present. We’ll stay in touch and look forward to the next time our paths cross!
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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