Our first stop on our Civil War history quest today was the site of Fort Henry. Well, not quite. We found some markers about the February 1862 battle and that the actual site is at the bottom of Kentucky Lake as a result of the TVA Kentucky Dam project which commenced in 1938. Then we headed to the temporary Visitors Center in Dover and watched the orientation film then got into an interesting conversation with the ranger and a volunteer about how history is written. And how it’s important to remember. The cell phone driving tour was a great way to visit the various sites and understand different aspects of the battle. Our final stop was at the Dover Hotel where General Grant famously informed Confederate General Buckner that he would accept nothing less than unconditional surrender!
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.
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