What started out as a hike to Lewis Falls turned into a celebration of our Appalachian Trail experiences. Fifty years ago this summer Karen backpacked a week long AT trip in The Smokies with her Dad and a brother and sister. Just as we and Steve’s friend Stan commemorated their 1966 hike last summer. The two of us decided this would be an anniversary hike. Then as we paused to drink in the view at Blackrock Overlook, Karen’s sister called! It seemed poetic! All in all it was a good hike. It was longer than we expected, not the 1.5 mile roundtrip that we thought the ranger had told us. We were exhilarated, thirsty, and hungry by the time we returned and truly enjoyed a meal at the cafe at Big Meadows.
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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