Feeling refreshed we continued our journey of understanding the young Lincoln at Knob Creek Farm. This was the location of Abe’s first memories, when his father was fighting a legal battle to reclaim Sinking Creek Farm, where Thomas and Nancy took a bold stand against slavery, and where young Austin Gollagher rescued his friend Abe from certain death in a swollen creek. Inside the Gollagher cabin which stands where the Lincoln cabin existed in the 1810s we had a fascinating discussion with a ranger well versed in Lincoln and his background. Then we walked around the Lincoln Inn, a historic structure built to provide hospitality to tourists paying homage to our 16th President, and paused for a while looking out at the field where Abe remembered helping his father plant corn and pumpkins. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP has endeavored to maintain the view as Lincoln knew it in his early years.
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.
Feeling refreshed we continued our journey of understanding the young Lincoln at Knob Creek Farm. This was the location of Abe’s first memories, when his father was fighting a legal battle to reclaim Sinking Creek Farm, where Thomas and Nancy took a bold stand against slavery, and where young Austin Gollagher rescued his friend Abe from certain death in a swollen creek. Inside the Gollagher cabin which stands where the Lincoln cabin existed in the 1810s we had a fascinating discussion with a ranger well versed in Lincoln and his background. Then we walked around the Lincoln Inn, a historic structure built to provide hospitality to tourists paying homage to our 16th President, and paused for a while looking out at the field where Abe remembered helping his father plant corn and pumpkins. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP has endeavored to maintain the view as Lincoln knew it in his early years.
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