For years we’ve traveled “backroads” from Franklin NC to Macon GA to avoid Atlanta traffic. Over time the highway department has built bypasses around the towns along US-129 and US-441. It makes the trip shorter but we miss the local color. Today we chose to skip the bypass around Watkinsville and stopped at The Traveling Hobo Cafe for lunch. Not only did we enjoy excellent salads, the photos on the walls reminded us of Karen’s Great Uncle Willie who rode the rails in search of work in the 1910’s.
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.
For years we’ve traveled “backroads” from Franklin NC to Macon GA to avoid Atlanta traffic. Over time the highway department has built bypasses around the towns along US-129 and US-441. It makes the trip shorter but we miss the local color. Today we chose to skip the bypass around Watkinsville and stopped at The Traveling Hobo Cafe for lunch. Not only did we enjoy excellent salads, the photos on the walls reminded us of Karen’s Great Uncle Willie who rode the rails in search of work in the 1910’s.
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