Even while we were in Ohio a couple of weeks ago, when we checked the weather in at home we learned that there was an air quality warning. When we arrived at Tween Creeks we began learning that there had been an wildfire raging in the Dick’s Creek area near Whittier here in our county. Firefighters had it contained and we were enjoying clear mountain air until Saturday when the fire jumped containment lines. Now periodically the winds bring the smoke into the cove. We pray that rains will come and that the brave firefighters can extinguish this blaze soon so that the cause of the smokiness in these mountains can once again be only the terpenes that are emitted by the conifers that blanket the mountainsides.
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.
Even while we were in Ohio a couple of weeks ago, when we checked the weather in at home we learned that there was an air quality warning. When we arrived at Tween Creeks we began learning that there had been an wildfire raging in the Dick’s Creek area near Whittier here in our county. Firefighters had it contained and we were enjoying clear mountain air until Saturday when the fire jumped containment lines. Now periodically the winds bring the smoke into the cove. We pray that rains will come and that the brave firefighters can extinguish this blaze soon so that the cause of the smokiness in these mountains can once again be only the terpenes that are emitted by the conifers that blanket the mountainsides.
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