Today we hitched up Gigi for our final journey together. It’s been a glorious four years as we have traveled these forty-eight contiguous states with her. She’s facilitated so many adventures and the opportunity to make so many friends. It’s been with a degree of sadness that we have removed our US map and stickers from her exterior, taken down the family pictures from the interior, emptied her drawers and cupboards, and cleaned and readied her to be able to welcome her new owners in to an opportunity to travel and experience the wonders that we’ve experienced with Gigi. We’ll make our way north along I-75 through Cincinnati today and tomorrow morning arrive at Haydocy RV in Columbus.
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.
Well done, Gigi, the next family to enjoy you will be lucky indeed!