The journey south along the coast is behind us and our eastbound journey is ahead. After several days of traveling twisty coastal roads and after studying the maps, we are opting for interstate travel for smoother grades and longer curves. We’re using overdrive and driving at less than the speed limit and our gas mileage is better than what we’ve achieved recently. We also opted for the northern route so we headed up I-15 to Barstow then to the western terminus of I-40, the major east west artery connecting California to North Carolina, the interstate nearest Tween Creeks. Immediately we knew we were trekking back to base camp for we saw a sign advising that it’s 2,554 miles to Wilmington NC!
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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