Oak Creek Canyon has been on our radar since 1973. Mr. Carr at Owen Cotter Jewelers in downtown St Petersburg mentioned it as we were planning our honeymoon trip but today was our first visit here. We drove south from Flagstaff planning to enjoy the scenery on the way to Sedona. We didn’t get that far. We stopped at the West Fork Recreation area and hiked back through the ruins of Mayhews Lodge, the old orchard and along the trail that continually crosses Oak Creek. We made it to the sixth of thirteen possible stream crossings, stepping carefully from stone to stone. The canyon’s sheer red cliffs are breathtaking! Apparently this is the setting for Zane Grey’s novel, The Call of the Canyon. Guess we need to add that to our reading list!
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.
Oak Creek Canyon has been on our radar since 1973. Mr. Carr at Owen Cotter Jewelers in downtown St Petersburg mentioned it as we were planning our honeymoon trip but today was our first visit here. We drove south from Flagstaff planning to enjoy the scenery on the way to Sedona. We didn’t get that far. We stopped at the West Fork Recreation area and hiked back through the ruins of Mayhews Lodge, the old orchard and along the trail that continually crosses Oak Creek. We made it to the sixth of thirteen possible stream crossings, stepping carefully from stone to stone. The canyon’s sheer red cliffs are breathtaking! Apparently this is the setting for Zane Grey’s novel, The Call of the Canyon. Guess we need to add that to our reading list!
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